FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 4, 2003Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 7 at halftime and won 86–75.

Final
DEN60
IND71
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +11
Final
HOU86
NJN75
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +11
Final
LAL113
MIL107
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final
MIA73
SAS80
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2002–03Nov 4, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW @ DAL), 39 points.
The lead · HOU @ NJN

Houston takes care of New Jersey

An 11-point win, 86–75. Cuttino Mobley led Houston with 20 points, 0 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7-5+11HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2215202986
NJN2123181375
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 4 games: 21, 9, 14, 20HOU20 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 4 games: 17, 19, 19, 17HOU17 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 26, 19, 21NJN21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 4 games: 11, 21, 30, 16NJN16 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Second story · LAL @ MIL

Lakers stay perfect at 4–0

Latest: 113–107 over Milwaukee. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
Wvs DAL109–93W@ PHX103–99Wvs GSW87–72W@ MIL113–107LAL: last 4 games through Nov 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg22.2Last 4

22.2 points a game over his last four games, against 17.7 in 3 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 4 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
12.42002–03 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 2002–03 (58 games). Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Michael ReddPoints, last 4 games: 16, 21, 16, 36MIL vs LAL · L
22.2 PPG season to date
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 3 games: 15, 21, 31LAL @ MIL · W
22.3 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 4 games: 15, 22, 20, 26MIA @ SAS · L
20.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 22, 12, 20, 25IND vs DEN · W
19.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 16, 24, 17, 23LAL @ MIL · W
20.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 26, 19, 21NJN vs HOU · L
19.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST