FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 6, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 3 at halftime and won 120–117.

Final
IND87
NJN81
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +6
Final
DAL71
TOR77
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +6
Final · 2OT
LAL120
SAS117
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +3
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 6, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (WAS vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

Kobe Bryant scores 37, Lakers win in double overtime

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Final: 120–117.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+3-3-200+3LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
LAL24223025811120
SAS2128292388117
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 15, 21, 31, 37LAL37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 16, 24, 17, 23, 35LAL35 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 6 games: 7, 14, 10, 13, 15, 33SAS33 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 6 games: 12, 5, 4, 10, 14, 15SAS15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ TOR

Toronto beats Dallas, 77–71

Toronto led 58–57 after three and won by 6. Vince Carter led Toronto with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over SAS3IND over NJN6TOR over DAL6Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 5 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg30.2Last 3

30.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 4 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 15, 21, 31, 37LAL @ SAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 16, 24, 17, 23, 35LAL @ SAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 6 games: 7, 14, 10, 13, 15, 33SAS vs LAL · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 19, 29, 15, 30, 9, 27DAL @ TOR · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 5 games: 13, 4, 6, 11, 23NJN vs IND · L
11.4 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 5 games: 21, 13, 22, 18, 21IND @ NJN · W
19.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST