FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 18, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed NJN by 5 at halftime and won 88–85.

Final · Box score
LAC95
CLE103
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +8
Final · Box score
LAL96
DET106
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
NOH88
NJN85
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +3
Final · Box score
ATL101
MIL93
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +8
Final · Box score
DEN76
MIN89
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +13
Final · Box score
GSW81
SAS94
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
CHI82
PHX95
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +13
Final · Box score
MIA105
SEA98
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +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 18, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (DET @ NYK), 31 points.
The lead · NOH @ NJN

New Orleans wins a tight one over New Jersey

88–85. Neither team led by more than 9 at any break. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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+9-5-1+3NOH AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH3019231688
NJN2133191285
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 13, 37, 23, 35, 25, 23, 23, 25NOH25 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 19, 12, 17, 18, 18, 17, 16, 20NOH20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 21, 18, 8, 13, 13, 8, 14, 16NJN16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Brian ScalabrinePoints, last 6 games: 0, 12, 7, 0, 3, 14NJN14 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIA @ SEA

Miami handles Seattle by 7

The Heat won the fourth quarter 29–19. Final: 105–98. Lamar Odom led Miami with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over NJN3MIA over SEA7CLE over LAC8ATL over MIL8DET over LAL10MIN over DEN13SAS over GSW13PHX over CHI13Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 9 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.6Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 6.6 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Flip Murray 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.
Flip MurrayPoints, last 9 games: 24, 22, 24, 24, 29, 20, 16, 26, 31SEA vs MIA · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 8, 18, 14, 23, 16, 12, 20, 27ATL @ MIL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 17, 9, 26, 16, 9, 10, 6, 27CLE vs LAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 10, 28, 21, 25, 26, 19, 23, 26MIN vs DEN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 13, 37, 23, 35, 25, 23, 23, 25NOH @ NJN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 27, 27, 11, 17, 19, 29, 24, 24DET vs LAL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST