FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 28, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NJN by 7 at halftime and won 97–93.

Final
MIA83
ATL95
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +12
Final
MIL96
BOS106
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CLE88
DET92
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
Final
PHI77
IND90
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +13
Final
MIN102
MEM98
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +4
Final
TOR87
ORL86
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +1
Final
DAL103
DEN113
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +10
Final
GSW92
PHX83
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +9
Final
SEA81
UTA98
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +17
Final
NJN93
POR97
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +4
Final
HOU74
SAC103
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +26; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +29
Final
SAS87
LAL103
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +16
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 28, 2002: 2 games. Top scorer: Andre Miller (LAC vs NJN), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ POR

Portland handles New Jersey by 4

The Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 30–20. Final: 97–93. Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+1-7-6+4POR AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2524242093
POR2616253097
Who led
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 17, 14, 5, 13, 23, 5, 14, 28POR28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 28, 13, 25, 17, 21, 17, 24, 26POR26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 18, 14, 19, 21, 6, 13, 18, 27NJN27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jason CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 4, 2, 7, 2, 4, 5, 14, 15NJN15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg28.1Today

28 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 29.

TOR over ORL1DET over CLE4MIN over MEM4POR over NJN4GSW over PHX9BOS over MIL10DEN over DAL10ATL over MIA12IND over PHI13LAL over SAS16UTA over SEA17SAC over HOU29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Richard Hamilton leads the day with 44

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.
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 6, 27, 14, 15, 21, 13, 19, 44DET vs CLE · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 12, 20, 27, 16, 26, 26, 30, 34ATL vs MIA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 36, 51, 19, 29, 20, 12, 24, 31ORL vs TOR · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 17, 15, 14, 22, 25, 12, 14, 30DAL @ DEN · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 8, 10, 11, 17, 22, 5, 13, 29SAC vs HOU · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 17, 14, 5, 13, 23, 5, 14, 28POR vs NJN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST