FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 7, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed POR by 4 after the first quarter and won 101–97.

Final
POR97
TOR101
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +4
Final
SAS94
SEA113
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +19
Final
ATL90
LAL106
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +21; 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 · 2003–04Nov 7, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs SAC), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ TOR

Toronto makes it three straight

Toronto beat Portland 101–97 and moved to 3–0. Vince Carter led Toronto with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-4+9+4+4TOR AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2418282797
TOR20312327101
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 3 games: 16, 12, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 3 games: 15, 13, 16TOR16 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 3 games: 13, 14, 33POR33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 3 games: 18, 22, 16POR16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · ATL @ LAL

Lakers never trails at a break against Atlanta

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–90. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over POR4LAL over ATL16SEA over SAS19Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
12.82003–04 avg21.0Last 3

21.0 points a game over his last three games, against 12.8 in 2003–04 (77 games). Today: 21 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
36.42003–04 avg26.2Last 3

26.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 2003–04 (82 games). Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg30.9Today

31 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Zach Randolph leads the day with 33

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.
Zach RandolphPoints, last 3 games: 13, 14, 33POR @ TOR · L
20.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 3 games: 24, 23, 27SEA vs SAS · W
24.7 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 3 games: 16, 12, 25TOR vs POR · W
17.7 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 25, 38, 28, 24LAL vs ATL · W
28.8 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 3 games: 20, 25, 24SEA vs SAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 3 games: 13, 14, 22ATL @ LAL · L
16.3 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST