FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 8, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MEM by 4 at halftime and won 96–89.

Final · Box score
WAS98
CLE111
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +13
Final · Box score
MIN88
MIA79
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +9
Final · Box score
CHI109
NOH106
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
ORL86
HOU96
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +10
Final · Box score
NYK87
MIL90
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +3
Final · Box score
DAL81
SAS78
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +3
Final · Box score
MEM89
UTA96
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +7
Final · Box score
ATL83
POR90
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +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 · 2002–03Nov 8, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (NJN vs LAC), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ UTA

Memphis's skid reaches three

Utah won 96–89; the Grizzlies fall to 2–4. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-4+4+7UTA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2129201989
UTA2620282296
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 6 games: 16, 21, 17, 11, 21, 25UTA25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 5 games: 14, 10, 32, 21, 14UTA14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 6 games: 5, 8, 7, 11, 4, 17MEM17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 6 games: 10, 2, 10, 19, 8, 16MEM16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.5Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.4minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
31.92002–03 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.9 in 2002–03 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg43.6Today

44 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 13.

CHI over NOH3MIL over NYK3DAL over SAS3UTA over MEM7POR over ATL7MIN over MIA9HOU over ORL10CLE over WAS13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 35

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 7 games: 15, 22, 37, 13, 37, 23, 35NOH vs CHI · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 7 games: 15, 15, 10, 5, 10, 16, 34CHI @ NOH · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 5 games: 17, 19, 19, 17, 31HOU vs ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 6 games: 22, 21, 11, 20, 19, 29POR vs ATL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 6 games: 10, 19, 7, 35, 39, 28NYK @ MIL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 6 games: 4, 10, 11, 16, 13, 26CLE vs WAS · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST