FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 18, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
TOR92
ATL117
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +29; Q3 ATL +29; Q4 ATL +25
Final · Box score
DEN79
NJN99
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +26; Q3 NJN +35; Q4 NJN +20
Final · Box score
DET91
NYK94
Q1 NYK +18; Q2 NYK +30; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
CLE78
SAS104
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +26
Final · Box score
LAC99
GSW89
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +10
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 18, 2001: 3 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ PHX), 31 points.
The lead · DET @ NYK

New York holds off Detroit, 94–91

New York led 82–60 after three and held on to win by three. Allan Houston led New York with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+18+30+22+3NYK AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2014263191
NYK3826181294
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 39, 28, 21, 14, 27, 14, 14, 23NYK23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 2 games: 16, 23NYK23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 22, 28, 15, 19, 16, 25, 15, 31DET31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 9, 16, 10, 13, 1, 14, 19, 19DET19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ GSW

Clippers never trails at a break against Golden State

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 99–89. Michael Olowokandi led Clippers with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over DET3LAC over GSW10NJN over DEN20ATL over TOR25SAS over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.7Season avg27.1Last 3

27.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 26.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Richard Hamilton 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.
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 22, 28, 15, 19, 16, 25, 15, 31DET @ NYK · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 9 games: 17, 13, 19, 19, 17, 32, 26, 27, 27ATL vs TOR · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 16, 28, 21, 37, 31, 25, 22, 26GSW vs LAC · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 29, 13, 16, 20, 21, 29, 6, 25SAS vs CLE · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 23, 6, 20, 19, 17, 34, 4, 25CLE @ SAS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 14, 18, 21, 19, 16, 9, 8, 24LAC @ GSW · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST