FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 2, 2005Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed CHA by 21 after three quarters and won 109–105.

Final
NOK87
CLE109
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +22
Final
IND90
ORL78
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +12
Final
WAS99
TOR96
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +3
Final · OT
NYK100
BOS114
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +14
Final
MIL110
NJN96
Q1 MIL -12; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +14
Final
PHI88
DET108
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +20
Final
MIA97
MEM78
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +19
Final
POR86
MIN90
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +4
Final · OT
CHA105
CHI109
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -19; Q3 CHI -21; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +4
Final
SAC89
HOU98
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +9
Final
DAL82
UTA93
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +11
Final
LAC101
SEA93
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -11; Q4 LAC +8
Final · OT
LAL99
DEN97
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
ATL97
GSW122
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +25
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 · 2004–05Nov 2, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SAC), 33 points.
The lead · CHA @ CHI

Chicago rallies from nineteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Charlotte led 59–40 at the break. It was 98–98 after regulation, and Chicago won the extra time 11–7. Final: 109–105. Chris Duhon led Chicago with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-19-210+4CHI AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA28313097105
CHI2020283011109
Who led
Chris DuhonCHI18 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Ben GordonCHI14 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Gerald WallaceCHA28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Emeka OkaforCHA16 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+21.5points, today vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
13.52004–05 avg35Today

35 points today in 41 minutes, against 13.5 a game in 2004–05 (59 games).

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
36.12004–05 avg19.0Last 2

19.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.1 in 2004–05 (80 games). Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
13.02004–05 avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 2004–05 (39 games). Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Warriors rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Atlanta by 25.

LAL over DEN2WAS over TOR3MIN over POR4CHI over CHA4LAC over SEA8HOU over SAC9UTA over DAL11IND over ORL12BOS over NYK14MIL over NJN14MIA over MEM19DET over PHI20CLE over NOK22GSW over ATL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 41

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 2 games: 30, 41MIL @ NJN · W
35.5 PPG season to date
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonDET vs PHI · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellLAC @ SEA · W
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantLAL @ DEN · W
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Darius MilesPOR @ MIN · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 35, 31PHI @ DET · L
33.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST