FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 29, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 105–96.

Final · Box score
MEM88
TOR91
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
ATL105
CLE96
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +9
Final · Box score
BOS99
ORL89
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
MIA72
CHI78
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
SAC110
DAL98
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +12
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 29, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (PHX @ VAN), 34 points.
The lead · ATL @ CLE

Atlanta turns it around against Cleveland

From 11 down after one to a 9-point win: 105–96. Toni Kukoc led Atlanta with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-11-2+2+9ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL26322027105
CLE3723162096
Who led
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 13, 1, 10, 9, 17, 7, 18, 1, 15, 24ATL24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 29, 20, 28, 50, 23, 26, 20, 19ATL19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 17, 18, 27, 21, 4, 15, 14, 21CLE21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 13, 9, 10, 24, 5, 25, 12, 20CLE20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIA @ CHI

Miami's skid reaches ten

Chicago won 78–72; the Heat fall to 2–12. Ron Mercer led Chicago with 19 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
L@ MIL82–86Lvs SAC75–90Lvs PHI76–82L@ NYK74–83Lvs CHH87–96Lvs MIN73–80Lvs DAL94–104L@ CLE96–100Lvs BOS83–84L@ CHI72–78MIA: last 10 games through Nov 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antoine Walker 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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 19, 24, 23, 27, 25, 24, 28, 33BOS @ ORL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 21, 25, 25, 21, 29, 21, 24, 32SAC @ DAL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29DAL vs SAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 35, 31, 33, 16, 24, 23, 33, 26BOS @ ORL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 13, 1, 10, 9, 17, 7, 18, 1, 15, 24ATL @ CLE · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 28, 26, 18, 30, 23TOR vs MEM · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST