FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 1, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NYK by 11 after the first quarter and won 79–78.

Final
MEM96
BOS89
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +7
Final · OT
DET79
NYK78
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
MIL87
CHI97
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +10
Final
IND89
PHX82
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +7
Final
NJN84
UTA91
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +7
Final
SAS83
LAC91
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +8
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 · 2002–03Dec 1, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Jamal Mashburn (NOH @ BOS), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ NYK

Detroit needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 70–70 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 9–8 for a 79–78 win. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-10-70+1DET AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET16211221979
NYK2720914878
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 33, 23, 12, 24, 15, 8, 22, 24DET24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 6, 7, 10, 8, 17, 7, 10, 14DET14 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 16, 26, 10, 9, 17, 8, 18, 20NYK20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 8, 16, 14, 15, 9, 12, 14, 16NYK16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago rallies from 8 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 8 after one, Chicago outscored the Bucks 78–60 the rest of the way. Final: 97–87. Jamal Crawford led Chicago with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs MIL
Jamal Crawford · CHIMichael Redd · MILPTS3026REB86AST82Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.0Season avg24.8Last 3

24.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.0 in 13 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 32

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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 14, 24, 22, 17, 27, 21, 14, 32IND @ PHX · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 6, 5, 5, 23, 19, 16, 12, 30CHI vs MIL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 23, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 26SAS @ LAC · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 12, 24, 28, 14, 26, 20, 23, 26MIL @ CHI · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 17, 23, 33, 16, 30, 26, 21, 26BOS vs MEM · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 17, 19, 7, 8, 33, 20, 22, 24LAC vs SAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST