FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 9, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MEM by 5 after the first quarter and won 90–87.

Final
DAL84
ORL94
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +10
Final
CLE93
ATL79
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +14
Final
WAS93
MIA103
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +10
Final
POR60
NJN64
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +4
Final
PHI88
NYK96
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +8
Final
IND102
MIN101
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +1
Final
LAL106
NOH98
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +31; Q4 LAL +8
Final
PHX94
CHI74
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +20
Final
MEM87
HOU90
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SEA108
DEN88
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +20
Final
TOR92
SAC108
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +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 9, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ HOU

Houston takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 2 after three, Houston won the fourth 20–15. Final: 90–87. Juwan Howard led Houston with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-5-4-2+3HOU AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2625211587
HOU2126232090
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 5 games: 2, 10, 11, 8, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 5 games: 7, 17, 8, 33, 14HOU14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 4 games: 15, 9, 16, 18MEM18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 4 games: 17, 21, 18, 15MEM15 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
4.32003–04 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 points a game over his last three games, against 4.3 in 2003–04 (42 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.0minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
30.62003–04 avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 2003–04 (80 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 20.

IND over MIN1HOU over MEM3NJN over POR4NYK over PHI8LAL over NOH8ORL over DAL10MIA over WAS10CLE over ATL14SAC over TOR16PHX over CHI20SEA over DEN20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 25, 38, 28, 24, 31LAL @ NOH · W
29.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 4 games: 20, 25, 24, 30SEA @ DEN · W
24.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 4 games: 30, 25, 31, 29PHI @ NYK · L
28.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 4 games: 35, 8, 9, 27CLE @ ATL · W
19.8 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 4 games: 24, 23, 27, 27SEA @ DEN · W
25.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 4 games: 23, 29, 22, 26PHX @ CHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST