FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 8, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 4 after the first quarter and won 119–101.

Final · Box score
SAS105
CHH95
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +10
Final · Box score
SEA94
NJN106
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +12
Final · Box score
MIA82
MIL86
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +4
Final · Box score
CHI74
MIN127
Q1 MIN +20; Q2 MIN +32; Q3 MIN +55; Q4 MIN +53
Final · Box score
DEN91
DAL105
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +14
Final · Box score
PHI72
HOU77
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +5
Final · Box score
ATL80
PHX108
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +28
Final · Box score
LAC101
POR119
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +18
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 8, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND vs MIL), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ POR

Portland tops Clippers in Portland

Final: 119–101. Derek Anderson led Portland with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2-2+18POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC25293017101
POR21313037119
Who led
Derek AndersonPoints, last 3 games: 17, 15, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 6 games: 7, 33, 30, 26, 21, 24POR24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 6 games: 27, 26, 19, 13, 21, 25LAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 6 games: 9, 2, 2, 16, 2, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Chicago by 53, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIL over MIA4HOU over PHI5SAS over CHH10NJN over SEA12DAL over DEN14POR over LAC18PHX over ATL28MIN over CHI53Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
22.32000–01 avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 2000–01 (70 games). Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg34.1Today

34 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Rebounding up
+7.6rebounds, today vs 2000–01 avg
Rebounds per game
2.42000–01 avg10Today

10 rebounds today in 19 minutes, against 2.4 a game in 2000–01 (40 games).

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 6 games: 15, 22, 29, 17, 26, 33SAS @ CHH · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 21, 30, 0, 34, 33DAL vs DEN · W
23.6 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Todd MacCullochPoints, last 5 games: 5, 12, 4, 6, 29NJN vs SEA · W
11.2 PPG season to date
Career high29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 5 games: 20, 10, 17, 25, 29MIA @ MIL · L
20.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 4 games: 28, 21, 24, 26MIL vs MIA · W
24.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 3 games: 17, 15, 26POR vs LAC · W
19.3 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST