FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 3, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed TOR by 20 after the first quarter and won 93–91.

Final · Box score
NYK80
WAS76
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +4
Final · Box score
TOR91
BOS93
Q1 BOS -20; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
MIA79
CHH83
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +4
Final · Box score
PHI87
ORL80
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
SAC100
DET93
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +7
Final · Box score
NJN92
CHI82
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +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 · 1999–00Nov 3, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ ORL), 30 points.
The lead · TOR @ BOS

Paul Pierce drops 30 in 20-point comeback win over Toronto

Toronto led by 20 after one. Final: 93–91.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-7+2+2BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3316172591
BOS1329262593
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 2 games: 28, 30BOS30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 2 games: 33, 20BOS20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 3 games: 26, 25, 33TOR33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 3 games: 7, 18, 11TOR11 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
7.31999–00 avg20.5Last 2

20.5 points a game over his last two games, against 7.3 in 1999–00 (63 games). Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.8minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
29.11999–00 avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 1999–00 (72 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
18.61999–00 avg42.0Today

42 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 1999–00 (82 games). Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 10.

BOS over TOR2NYK over WAS4CHH over MIA4PHI over ORL7SAC over DET7NJN over CHI10Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Brian Grant 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.
Brian GrantPoints, last 2 games: 8, 33MIA @ CHH · L
20.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 2 games: 9, 33NJN @ CHI · W
21.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 3 games: 26, 25, 33TOR @ BOS · L
28.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 3 games: 23, 27, 31SAC @ DET · W
27.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 3 games: 23, 13, 30CHH vs MIA · W
22.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 2 games: 28, 30BOS vs TOR · W
29.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST