FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 2, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MEM by 8 after the first quarter and won 111–102.

Final · Box score
ORL107
IND117
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
DAL92
TOR109
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
CHI82
BOS96
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +14
Final · Box score
NYK93
CHH97
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +4
Final · Box score
CLE90
MIA83
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +7
Final · Box score
NJN88
DET102
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +14
Final · Box score
MEM102
MIN111
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +9
Final · Box score
PHX94
LAL117
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +23
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 · 2000–01Nov 2, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Travis Best (IND @ DAL), 30 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Kevin Garnett posts 30 and 14 as Minnesota beats Memphis

30 points and 14 rebounds in a 111–102 win.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-8+1+13+9MIN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM33231630102
MIN25322826111
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 2 games: 12, 30MIN30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 2 games: 12, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 2 games: 7, 22MEM22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 11, 16MEM16 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Points per game
13.82000–01 avg25.5Last 2

25.5 points a game over his last two games, against 13.8 in 2000–01 (82 games). Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
31.72000–01 avg15.5Last 2

15.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.7 in 2000–01 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
13.62000–01 avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 2000–01 (64 games). Line: 10 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NYK @ CHH

Charlotte leads New York wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 97–93. Best quarter: the first, 29–26. Baron Davis led Charlotte with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over NYK4CLE over MIA7MIN over MEM9IND over ORL10BOS over CHI14DET over NJN14TOR over DAL17LAL over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over NYK.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 36

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 3 games: 29, 31, 36LAL vs PHX · W
32.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 3 games: 9, 22, 30CLE @ MIA · W
20.3 PPG season to date
Ties career high30 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 2 games: 12, 30MIN vs MEM · W
21.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 3 games: 11, 20, 25TOR vs DAL · W
18.7 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 3 games: 1, 26, 25PHX @ LAL · L
17.3 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 3 games: 29, 39, 24LAL vs PHX · W
30.7 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST