FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 26, 2004Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHA by 13 after the first quarter and won 82–77.

Final
POR83
DAL92
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +9
Final · OT
WAS114
PHI116
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +2
Final
ORL117
ATL99
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +18
Final
CLE98
BOS96
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +2
Final
MIA77
DET78
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +1
Final
CHA77
IND82
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +5
Final
MEM90
MIN115
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +25
Final
SAS89
DEN75
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +14
Final
NOH86
PHX95
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +9
Final
HOU80
UTA90
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +10
Final
LAC98
GSW87
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +11
Final
SAC109
LAL106
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +3
Final
NJN79
SEA92
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +21; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +13
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 26, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ ATL), 43 points.
The lead · CHA @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 13-point hole against Charlotte

Down 13 after one, the Pacers won the fourth quarter 25–16 and the game 82–77. Austin Croshere led Indiana with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-5-4+5IND AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2716181677
IND1424192582
Who led
Austin CrosherePoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 14, 12, 13, 15, 11, 14, 25, 23IND23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fred JonesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 14, 9, 4, 3, 31, 16, 17, 23IND23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 6, 0, 13, 7, 13, 15, 22, 19CHA19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Keith BogansPoints, last 6 games: 28, 14, 13, 4, 18, 10CHA10 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.6minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
28.62003–04 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.6 in 2003–04 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Memphis by 25.

DET over MIA1PHI over WAS2CLE over BOS2SAC over LAL3IND over CHA5DAL over POR9PHX over NOH9UTA over HOU10LAC over GSW11SEA over NJN13SAS over DEN14ORL over ATL18MIN over MEM25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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 10 games: 24, 31, 20, 41, 19, 23, 29, 29, 30, 40LAL vs SAC · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 14, 18, 23, 27, 22, 21, 23, 33PHX vs NOH · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 16, 23, 32, 14, 33, 13, 11, 29ORL @ ATL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 29, 26, 15, 29, 26, 24, 28, 28PHI vs WAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 14, 26, 14, 23, 27, 27, 28, 27WAS @ PHI · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 16, 14, 6, 8, 13, 25, 4, 27CLE @ BOS · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST