FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 9, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by BOS (vs SAC) and DET (vs NJN).

Final
DEN76
TOR89
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +13
Final
SAC82
BOS91
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +9
Final
NJN84
DET98
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +14
Final
IND85
PHI74
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +11
Final
ATL91
SEA81
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +10
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 9, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS @ MIN), 31 points.
The lead · SAC @ BOS

Boston tops Sacramento in Boston

Final: 91–82. Vin Baker led Boston with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-6+4+9BOS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2520241382
BOS2613341891
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 6 games: 15, 24, 8, 20, 9, 18BOS18 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 6 games: 23, 23, 25, 20, 27, 17BOS17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 6 games: 16, 11, 13, 17, 7, 19SAC19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 6 games: 19, 16, 15, 22, 19, 14SAC14 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · NJN @ DET

Detroit makes it five straight

Detroit beat New Jersey 98–84 and moved to 5–1. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DET
Lvs IND87–89W@ MIA93–81W@ ORL96–85Wvs BOS96–88Wvs MIL105–99Wvs NJN98–84DET: last 6 games through Nov 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
28.72002–03 avg20.8Last 3

20.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 7 games: 26, 27, 19, 31, 29, 33, 37PHI vs IND · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 6 games: 39, 26, 15, 19, 18, 34TOR vs DEN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 7 games: 21, 13, 22, 18, 21, 21, 30IND @ PHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 4 games: 24, 22, 24, 24SEA vs ATL · L
23.5 PPG season to date
Ties career high24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 6 games: 11, 24, 20, 16, 24, 24DET vs NJN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 7 games: 22, 12, 20, 25, 15, 14, 23IND @ PHI · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST