FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 9, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed TOR by 13 at halftime and won 108–84.

Final · Box score
TOR84
IND108
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +24
Final · Box score
WAS93
CLE79
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +14
Final · Box score
SEA84
MIA82
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +2
Final · Box score
BOS105
MIN99
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +6
Final · Box score
NJN93
CHI100
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +7
Final · Box score
DET75
DAL114
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +25; Q3 DAL +42; Q4 DAL +39
Final · Box score
GSW104
HOU111
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +7
Final · OT · Box score
PHI105
MIL110
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final · Box score
POR95
SAS76
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
MEM73
DEN84
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +11
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 9, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs SAC), 44 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 13-point hole against Toronto

Down 13 at the half, the Pacers won the fourth quarter 34–16 and the game 108–84. Brad Miller led Indiana with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-13+6+24IND AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2730111684
IND19253034108
Who led
Brad MillerPoints, last 6 games: 5, 9, 22, 28, 19, 23IND23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 6 games: 20, 11, 14, 9, 27, 17IND17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 6 games: 10, 17, 5, 23, 20, 22TOR22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 7, 4, 12, 25, 14, 12TOR12 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
24.62001–02 avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 2001–02 (50 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 28.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists.

Cooling off
−5.4points, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
14.12001–02 avg8.7Last 3

8.7 points a game over his last three games, against 14.1 in 2001–02 (72 games). Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 39.

SEA over MIA2MIL over PHI5BOS over MIN6CHI over NJN7HOU over GSW7DEN over MEM11WAS over CLE14POR over SAS19IND over TOR24DAL over DET39Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 31

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 6 games: 14, 12, 18, 22, 13, 31BOS @ MIN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 6 games: 18, 28, 35, 34, 17, 31PHI @ MIL · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 5 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31HOU vs GSW · W
30.4 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 7 games: 15, 11, 12, 13, 11, 16, 29NJN @ CHI · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 7 games: 22, 9, 8, 39, 14, 31, 28GSW @ HOU · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 7 games: 12, 19, 19, 22, 14, 19, 28GSW @ HOU · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST