FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 6, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 11 after the first quarter and won 112–88.

Final
ORL100
CHA111
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +11
Final
MIA118
WAS106
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +12
Final
PHI91
DET99
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +8
Final
BOS107
NYK73
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +31; Q4 BOS +34
Final
CHI90
IND100
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +10
Final
NOH92
MIN99
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +7
Final
PHX112
NJN80
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +32
Final
MEM88
DAL112
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +24
Final · OT
SAC101
HOU104
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +3
Final
CLE88
MIL102
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +14
Final
UTA106
DEN82
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +26; Q3 UTA +25; Q4 UTA +24
Final
LAC94
GSW86
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +9; 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 · 2003–04Nov 6, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SAS), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ DAL

Dallas climbs out of an 11-point hole against Memphis

Down 11 after one, the Mavericks won the second quarter 33–18 and the game 112–88. Michael Finley led Dallas with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+4+17+24DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3518152088
DAL24332827112
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 3 games: 18, 19, 23DAL23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 33, 19, 22DAL22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 3 games: 17, 21, 18MEM18 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 3 games: 15, 9, 16MEM16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
16.22003–04 avg28.7Last 3

28.7 points a game over his last three games, against 16.2 in 2003–04 (61 games). Today: 37 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.3minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
30.62003–04 avg9.3Last 2

9.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.6 in 2003–04 (80 games). Today: 10 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
9.12003–04 avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 2003–04 (37 games). Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat New York by 34, the widest margin of 12 games.

HOU over SAC3MIN over NOH7DET over PHI8LAC over GSW8IND over CHI10CHA over ORL11MIA over WAS12MIL over CLE14DAL over MEM24UTA over DEN24PHX over NJN32BOS over NYK34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 3 games: 21, 28, 37MIA @ WAS · W
28.7 PPG season to date
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 4 games: 7, 17, 8, 33HOU vs SAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 3 games: 28, 21, 31CLE @ MIL · L
26.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 3 games: 8, 23, 31SAC @ HOU · L
20.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 3 games: 30, 25, 31PHI @ DET · L
28.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 3 games: 27, 16, 30UTA @ DEN · W
24.3 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST