FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 21, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed HOU by 11 after the first quarter and won 85–78.

Final · Box score
BOS85
PHI87
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +2
Final · Box score
MIN97
CLE83
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +14
Final · Box score
NYK85
DET94
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
IND76
NOH75
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +1
Final · Box score
ATL75
SAS114
Q1 SAS +24; Q2 SAS +34; Q3 SAS +34; Q4 SAS +39
Final · Box score
WAS87
DEN108
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +21
Final · Box score
MIL90
UTA99
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
ORL92
SAC122
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +30
Final · Box score
MIA91
GSW101
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +10
Final · Box score
CHI94
LAL101
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +7
Final · Box score
HOU78
POR85
Q1 POR -11; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +7
Final · Box score
MEM98
SEA97
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM -8; Q4 MEM +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 21, 2002: 2 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU @ DAL), 30 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

Portland rallies from 11 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 11 after one, Portland outscored the Rockets 69–51 the rest of the way. Final: 85–78. Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

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 Q3Final0-11+3+7+7POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2712182178
POR1626222185
Who led
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 3, 6, 14, 17, 14, 5, 13, 23POR23 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 19, 29, 18, 28, 13, 25, 17, 21POR21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 16, 16, 12, 21, 20, 12, 23, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 21, 30, 9, 10, 19, 19, 7, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 39.

IND over NOH1MEM over SEA1PHI over BOS2LAL over CHI7POR over HOU7DET over NYK9UTA over MIL9GSW over MIA10MIN over CLE14DEN over WAS21SAC over ORL30SAS over ATL39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg25.2Today

25 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Baron Davis 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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 37, 23, 35, 25, 23, 23, 25, 17, 33NOH vs IND · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 17, 19, 14, 19, 17, 23, 33BOS @ PHI · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 24, 23, 22, 15, 20, 27, 6, 8, 31MIN @ CLE · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 8 games: 16, 21, 22, 19, 31, 13, 10, 29GSW vs MIA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 17, 28, 22, 20, 25, 12, 24, 28MIL @ UTA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 11, 19, 19, 16, 27, 19, 21, 28LAL vs CHI · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST