FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 14, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed GSW by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–82.

Final · Box score
IND93
BOS101
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
DAL107
CLE94
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
CHH86
PHI100
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +14
Final · Box score
MIL107
WAS98
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +9
Final · Box score
UTA79
ATL111
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +28; Q4 ATL +32
Final · Box score
ORL93
PHX92
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +1
Final · Box score
TOR89
GSW82
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +7
Final · Box score
CHI102
LAC106
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +4
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 14, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs DEN), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ GSW

Toronto climbs out of an 8-point hole against Golden State

Down 8 after one, the Raptors won the second quarter 26–19 and the game 89–82. Vince Carter led Toronto with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-1-1+7TOR AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1626232489
GSW2419231682
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 9 games: 11, 20, 25, 28, 39, 43, 22, 23, 24TOR24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 9 games: 7, 10, 12, 21, 14, 6, 16, 9, 18TOR18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 9 games: 18, 14, 14, 8, 9, 6, 14, 4, 22GSW22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 9 games: 23, 18, 29, 24, 10, 26, 4, 4, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Points per game
7.42000–01 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 points a game over his last three games, against 7.4 in 2000–01 (67 games). Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 7 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · ORL @ PHX

Orlando wins a tight one over Phoenix

93–92. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over PHX1LAC over CHI4TOR over GSW7BOS over IND8MIL over WAS9DAL over CLE13PHI over CHH14ATL over UTA32Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over PHX.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 3 games: 18, 25, 33PHI vs CHH · W
25.3 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 7 games: 29, 36, 16, 33, 14, 35, 31BOS vs IND · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 8 games: 19, 31, 20, 19, 32, 32, 16, 31WAS vs MIL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 7 games: 21, 30, 0, 34, 33, 25, 28DAL @ CLE · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 6 games: 25, 12, 25, 11, 9, 27MIL @ WAS · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 9 games: 14, 24, 21, 27, 8, 12, 25, 24, 25PHX vs ORL · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST