FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 23, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by NOH (vs DET) and SAC (vs CHI).

Final
MIL82
TOR62
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +20
Final
NOH81
DET80
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +1
Final
CHI99
SAC110
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +29; Q4 SAC +11
Final
POR72
GSW78
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +6
Final
WAS85
SEA88
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +3
Final
MEM89
LAL121
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +32
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 23, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ ATL), 31 points.
The lead · NOH @ DET

New Orleans survives Detroit, 81–80

A one-point finish after it was 60–60 through three. Jamaal Magloire led New Orleans with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-20+1NOH AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1725182181
DET2123162080
Who led
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 11, 6, 12, 12, 8, 15, 7, 20NOH20 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 35, 25, 23, 23, 25, 17, 33, 18NOH18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 10, 16, 8, 8, 8, 16, 7, 13DET13 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 19, 17, 6, 27, 14, 15, 21, 13DET13 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Memphis by 32, the widest margin of 6 games.

NOH over DET1SEA over WAS3GSW over POR6SAC over CHI11MIL over TOR20LAL over MEM32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
4.52002–03 avg14Today

14 points today in 30 minutes, against 4.5 a game in 2002–03 (57 games).

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 12 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 28

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 10 games: 37, 11, 19, 19, 16, 27, 19, 21, 28, 28LAL vs MEM · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 8, 6, 22, 8, 19, 10, 23, 25SEA vs WAS · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 50, 21, 16, 11, 31, 12, 27, 16, 9, 24SEA vs WAS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 16, 21, 22, 19, 31, 13, 10, 29, 21GSW vs POR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 13, 12, 27, 17, 33, 30, 18, 21SAC vs CHI · W
23.8 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 24, 29, 20, 16, 26, 31, 26, 21SEA vs WAS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST