FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 5, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed WAS by 9 after three quarters and won 90–86.

Final · Box score
LAL70
CLE89
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +19
Final · Box score
SAC121
ORL125
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +4
Final · Box score
IND83
MIA79
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +4
Final · Box score
WAS86
MIN90
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -9; Q4 MIN +4
Final · Box score
SEA104
HOU97
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +7
Final · Box score
GSW73
SAS93
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +20
Final · Box score
ATL103
DEN87
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +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 · 2001–02Nov 5, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA @ ORL), 36 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIN

Minnesota fights back late to top Washington

Washington led 75–66 after three. Minnesota won the fourth 24–11 and the game 90–86. Kendall Gill led Minnesota with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-8-9+4MIN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2130241186
MIN2518232490
Who led
Kendall GillPoints, last 5 games: 8, 8, 14, 4, 22MIN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 5 games: 13, 23, 12, 23, 17MIN17 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 4 games: 19, 22, 23, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 4 games: 7, 10, 2, 13WAS13 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAC @ ORL

Orlando beats Sacramento, 125–121

Orlando led 92–88 after three and won by 4. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over SAC4IND over MIA4MIN over WAS4SEA over HOU7ATL over DEN16CLE over LAL19SAS over GSW20Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, today vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
14.62001–02 avg25Today

25 points today in 39 minutes, against 14.6 a game in 2001–02 (81 games).

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
32.02001–02 avg15.0Last 2

15.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.0 in 2001–02 (76 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 41

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 5 games: 31, 24, 18, 47, 41ORL vs SAC · W
32.2 PPG season to date
41 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 4 games: 39, 21, 28, 33HOU vs SEA · L
30.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 4 games: 5, 9, 22, 28IND @ MIA · W
16.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 5 games: 6, 20, 23, 12, 26SAC @ ORL · L
17.4 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardDEN vs ATL · L
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 4 games: 19, 22, 23, 25WAS @ MIN · L
22.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST