FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 21, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed SAS by 19 after three quarters and won 96–91.

Final
SAS91
TOR96
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR -19; Q4 TOR +5
Final
PHX122
LAC111
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +11
Final
SEA83
BOS102
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +19
Final · 2OT
CHA116
DET117
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET 0; OT2 DET +1
Final
PHI83
MIA93
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +10
Final
CLE88
NYK98
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +10
Final
HOU97
POR93
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DAL82
DEN110
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +28
Final
MIL79
SAC88
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +9
Final
CHI93
LAL102
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +9
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 21, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (NOH vs IND), 33 points.
The lead · SAS @ TOR

Toronto storms back from 19 down to beat San Antonio

The Raptors trailed by 19 after three and won 96–91. Rafer Alston led Toronto with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-8-19+5TOR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS232930991
TOR2717193396
Who led
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 15, 10, 15, 27, 11, 12, 20, 20TOR20 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 2, 20, 19, 17, 8, 15, 16, 20TOR20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 17, 23, 17, 26, 17, 34, 26, 26SAS26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 21, 4, 18, 3, 18, 0, 16, 13SAS13 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 10 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
32.52003–04 avg17.5Last 2

17.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.5 in 2003–04 (77 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Dallas by 28, the widest margin of 10 games.

DET over CHA1HOU over POR4TOR over SAS5SAC over MIL9LAL over CHI9MIA over PHI10NYK over CLE10PHX over LAC11BOS over SEA19DEN over DAL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire 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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 22, 26, 20, 29, 34, 38, 33, 33PHX @ LAC · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 24, 17, 20, 25, 21, 24, 20, 30DET vs CHA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 24, 31, 20, 41, 19, 23, 29, 29LAL vs CHI · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 9 games: 13, 14, 33, 16, 22, 27, 16, 22, 28POR vs HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Greg BucknerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 11, 3, 2, 4, 9, 2, 28DEN vs DAL · W
6.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 17, 23, 17, 26, 17, 34, 26, 26SAS @ TOR · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST