FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 7, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by LAC (vs DEN) and NYK (vs SAC).

Final
TOR60
WAS86
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +28; Q3 WAS +32; Q4 WAS +26
Final
NJN94
BOS87
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +7
Final
CLE90
IND91
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +1
Final
SAC111
NYK114
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MIL99
DET105
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +6
Final
LAL95
NOH114
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +17; Q4 NOH +19
Final
MIN100
ORL71
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +29
Final
PHI106
CHI85
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +21
Final · OT
LAC104
DEN102
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +2
Final
MEM88
PHX96
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA89
GSW95
Q1 GSW +21; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +6
Final
POR82
SEA100
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +18
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 7, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ BOS), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ DEN

Clippers outlast Denver in overtime

88–88 at the end of regulation. Clippers took the last extra period 16–14. Final: 104–102. Corey Maggette led Clippers with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8+3-50+2LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC2527162016104
DEN3316241514102
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 3 games: 21, 26, 29LAC29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 3 games: 11, 19, 23LAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 6 games: 12, 18, 23, 2, 14, 30DEN30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 6 games: 13, 9, 10, 18, 18, 19DEN19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
18.12002–03 avg32.0Last 3

32.0 points a game over his last three games, against 18.1 in 2002–03 (77 games). Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
27.42002–03 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.4 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.6minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
10.42002–03 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 2002–03 (46 games). Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Orlando by 29.

IND over CLE1LAC over DEN2NYK over SAC3DET over MIL6GSW over UTA6NJN over BOS7PHX over MEM8SEA over POR18NOH over LAL19PHI over CHI21WAS over TOR26MIN over ORL29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 39

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 5 games: 10, 19, 7, 35, 39NYK vs SAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 5 games: 22, 28, 19, 34, 36SAC @ NYK · L
27.8 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 6 games: 26, 27, 19, 31, 29, 33PHI @ CHI · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 6 games: 12, 18, 23, 2, 14, 30DEN vs LAC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 3 games: 21, 26, 29LAC @ DEN · W
25.3 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 6 games: 16, 21, 16, 36, 17, 28MIL @ DET · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST