FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 3, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
IND105
MIA102
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +3
Final
PHX122
LAL112
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +10
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 3, 2004: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ MIA

Indiana holds off Miami, 105–102

Indiana led 82–71 after three and held on to win by three. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+9+11+3IND AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND29302323105
MIA23272131102
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 2 games: 19, 27IND27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 2 games: 16, 22IND22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 2 games: 23, 31MIA31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 2 games: 12, 18MIA18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Phoenix leads Lakers wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 122–112. Best quarter: the second, 35–26. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs LAL
Shawn Marion · PHXKobe Bryant · LALPTS3039REB117AST15Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
4.92004–05 avg15.0Last 2

15.0 points a game over his last two games, against 4.9 in 2004–05 (75 games). Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
31.12004–05 avg21.2Last 2

21.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.1 in 2004–05 (64 games). Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
10.22004–05 avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 2004–05 (42 games). Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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 2 games: 33, 39LAL vs PHX · L
36.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 2 games: 23, 31MIA vs IND · L
27.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 2 games: 13, 30PHX @ LAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 2 games: 19, 27IND @ MIA · W
23.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 2 games: 8, 23LAL vs PHX · L
15.5 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 2 games: 16, 22IND @ MIA · W
19.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST