FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 7, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAC by 3 after the first quarter and won 116–104.

Final · Box score
GSW92
TOR109
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
CLE64
NYK82
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +18
Final · Box score
WAS95
BOS104
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +9
Final · Box score
SAC104
IND116
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +12
Final · Box score
DET97
CHI73
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +24
Final · Box score
ATL89
UTA96
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +7
Final · Box score
MEM92
LAC108
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +16
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 7, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ HOU), 24 points.
The lead · SAC @ IND

Indiana takes care of Sacramento

A 12-point win, 116–104. Al Harrington led Indiana with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Peja Stojakovic scored 36 for Sacramento in the loss.

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 Q3Final0-3-3-1+12IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC28302917104
IND25303130116
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 6 games: 6, 6, 16, 9, 4, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 6 games: 20, 11, 17, 15, 15, 20IND20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 5 games: 26, 24, 11, 32, 36SAC36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 5 games: 15, 4, 20, 18, 19SAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−22.3minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
29.32000–01 avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 2000–01 (48 games). Today: 11 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Cooling off
−5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.8Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.8 in 5 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Second story · GSW @ TOR

Toronto makes it three straight

Toronto beat Golden State 109–92 and moved to 3–2. Vince Carter led Toronto with 39 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · TOR
L@ ORL85–114L@ MIA92–97Wvs DAL109–92Wvs IND113–100Wvs GSW109–92TOR: last 5 games through Nov 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 5 games: 11, 20, 25, 28, 39TOR vs GSW · W
24.6 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 5 games: 26, 24, 11, 32, 36SAC @ IND · L
25.8 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 5 games: 19, 31, 20, 19, 32WAS @ BOS · L
24.2 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 5 games: 23, 16, 22, 29, 31BOS vs WAS · W
24.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 5 games: 10, 4, 9, 7, 29WAS @ BOS · L
11.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 6 games: 15, 16, 28, 26, 14, 27UTA vs ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST