FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 6, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 118–117.

Final
GSW83
NYK81
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +2
Final
SAC118
PHX117
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +1
Final
DEN92
LAL112
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +20
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 6, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ WAS), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHX

Peja Stojakovic scores 33 as Sacramento wins in Phoenix

Final: 118–117. Peja Stojakovic made 13 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-3-5+8+1SAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC30253924118
PHX33272631117
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 3 games: 18, 10, 33SAC33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 3 games: 14, 17, 23SAC23 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 4 games: 8, 12, 9, 23PHX23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 4 games: 30, 12, 14, 18PHX18 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Second story · GSW @ NYK

Golden State never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 83–81. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over PHX1GSW over NYK2LAL over DEN20Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
27.62004–05 avg36.3Last 3

36.3 points a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 2004–05 (66 games). Today: 37 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
25.62004–05 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 2004–05 (74 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
21.62004–05 avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 2004–05 (69 games). Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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 3 games: 33, 39, 37LAL vs DEN · W
36.3 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 3 games: 18, 10, 33SAC @ PHX · W
20.3 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 3 games: 28, 18, 24GSW @ NYK · W
23.3 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 3 games: 14, 17, 23SAC @ PHX · W
18.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 4 games: 8, 12, 9, 23PHX vs SAC · L
13.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 4 games: 23, 16, 14, 21DEN @ LAL · L
18.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST