FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 27, 2002Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed ATL by 5 at halftime and won 106–94.

Final · Box score
CHI82
BOS92
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
LAL102
ORL112
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +10
Final · Box score
MIA74
PHI83
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
NYK87
TOR81
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +6
Final · Box score
DAL102
DET82
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +20
Final · Box score
SEA99
MEM117
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +18
Final · Box score
CLE80
MIL112
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +32
Final · Box score
SAC74
MIN90
Q1 MIN +19; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +16
Final · Box score
ATL94
NOH106
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +12
Final · Box score
DEN68
SAS99
Q1 SAS +18; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +33; Q4 SAS +31
Final · Box score
NJN75
PHX82
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +7
Final · Box score
HOU91
GSW84
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +7
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 27, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL vs GSW), 39 points.
The lead · ATL @ NOH

New Orleans handles Atlanta by 12

The Hornets won the third quarter 37–13. Final: 106–94. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5+19+12NOH AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2229133094
NOH24223723106
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 15, 22, 12, 21, 12, 17, 17, 16NOH16 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 25, 16, 19, 37, 25, 16, 18, 16NOH16 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 9, 21, 14, 11, 17, 19, 23, 15, 17ATL17 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 26, 27, 27, 23, 22, 15, 31, 15ATL15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 10 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Cleveland by 32, the widest margin of 12 games.

NYK over TOR6PHX over NJN7HOU over GSW7PHI over MIA9BOS over CHI10ORL over LAL10NOH over ATL12MIN over SAC16MEM over SEA18DAL over DET20SAS over DEN31MIL over CLE32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 42

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 21, 26, 12, 20, 18, 28, 29, 42DAL @ DET · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 38, 35, 33, 36, 41, 33, 13, 38ORL vs LAL · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 45, 46, 16, 24, 21, 15, 21, 38LAL @ ORL · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 17, 28, 38, 33, 31, 37, 29, 36PHI vs MIA · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 35, 13, 9, 28, 18, 36, 31, 30BOS vs CHI · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 12, 20, 25, 13, 16, 15, 22, 30MIL vs CLE · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST