FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 19, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 14 after three quarters and won 94–93.

Final · Box score
NOH81
BOS73
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +8
Final · Box score
LAC78
IND91
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +13
Final · Box score
PHI81
TOR75
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
CLE95
WAS106
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +11
Final · Box score
LAL104
NYK83
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +21
Final · Box score
GSW83
HOU85
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
MIL86
DEN94
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +8
Final · Box score
DET99
MEM92
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
SAC118
UTA110
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +8
Final · Box score
MIA93
POR94
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -14; Q4 POR +1
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 19, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ SEA), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ POR

Portland climbs out of a 14-point hole against Miami

Down 14 after three, the Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 33–18 and the game 94–93. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-1-14+1POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1831261893
POR2523133394
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 9, 25, 11, 11, 26, 19, 31, 21POR21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 20, 19, 29, 18, 28, 13, 25, 17POR17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 26, 21, 21, 25, 27, 12, 20, 26MIA26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 4, 19, 11, 14, 7, 10, 18, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Lakers by 21.

POR over MIA1HOU over GSW2PHI over TOR6DET over MEM7NOH over BOS8DEN over MIL8SAC over UTA8WAS over CLE11IND over LAC13LAL over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
24.82002–03 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.8 in 2002–03 (62 games). Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg25.7Today

26 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 33

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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 27, 11, 17, 19, 29, 24, 24, 33DET @ MEM · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 34, 36, 13, 12, 27, 17, 33, 30SAC @ UTA · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 23, 17, 17, 18, 10, 22, 14, 28CLE @ WAS · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 26, 21, 21, 25, 27, 12, 20, 26MIA @ POR · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Carlos ArroyoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 13, 9, 10, 9, 30, 21, 16, 25UTA vs SAC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 25, 11, 22, 36, 27, 14, 23, 25WAS vs CLE · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST