FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 29, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed CLE by 21 after the first quarter and won 122–115.

Final
NOH74
NYK79
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ATL86
PHI98
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DET80
WAS69
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +11
Final · 2OT
MEM122
CLE115
Q1 MEM -21; Q2 MEM -16; Q3 MEM -16; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +7
Final
TOR66
MIA78
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +12
Final
MIN88
DAL92
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
BOS94
MIL100
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +6
Final
HOU88
SEA95
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +7
Final
SAS89
GSW91
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +2
Final
DEN98
LAC86
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +12
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 29, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MEM), 45 points.
The lead · MEM @ CLE

Pau Gasol drops 37 in 21-point comeback win over Cleveland

Cleveland led by 21 after one. Final: 122–115.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-21-16-1600+7MEM AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MEM142723351013122
CLE35222319106115
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 28, 17, 13, 7, 14, 21, 20, 37MEM37 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 10, 11, 11, 11, 18, 2, 7, 22MEM22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 22, 14, 28, 19, 15, 15, 6, 33CLE33 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 10, 6, 27, 13, 13, 16, 25, 25CLE25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · BOS @ MIL

Milwaukee tops Boston in Milwaukee

Final: 100–94. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAS2DAL over MIN4NYK over NOH5MIL over BOS6MEM over CLE7SEA over HOU7DET over WAS11PHI over ATL12MIA over TOR12DEN over LAC12Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 50

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 10 games: 40, 36, 19, 15, 24, 27, 28, 30, 12, 50PHI vs ATL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 28, 17, 13, 7, 14, 21, 20, 37MEM @ CLE · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 22, 14, 28, 19, 15, 15, 6, 33CLE vs MEM · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 8 games: 12, 16, 13, 8, 12, 12, 12, 29GSW vs SAS · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 23, 26, 20, 30, 25, 25, 21, 28MIN @ DAL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 25, 11, 23, 4, 19, 13, 15, 28HOU @ SEA · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST