FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 17, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed LAC by 10 at halftime and won 84–78.

Final · Box score
Sonics84
Clippers78
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA -10; Q3 SEA -10; Q4 SEA +6
Final · Box score
Jazz82
Raptors78
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
Wizards84
Sixers100
Q1 Sixers 0; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +16
Final · Box score
Magic99
Kings101
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
Final · Box score
Rockets93
Lakers89
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +4
On this day · 2001–02Nov 17, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (Nuggets-Sonics), 38 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Clippers

Seattle climbs out of a 10-point hole against Clippers

Tracy McGrady goes for 36 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-10-10+6SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics1914213084
Clippers2815211478
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 18, 20, 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22SEA22 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 16, 12, 10, 13, 7, 10, 20, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 17, 21, 20, 16, 25, 10, 10, 19LAC19 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 5, 18, 4, 21, 13, 5, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Jazz-Raptors

Utah beats Toronto, 82–78

Utah led 58–55 after three and won by 4. Matt Harpring led Utah with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over ORL2UTA over TOR4HOU over LAL4SEA over LAC6PHI over WAS16Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over TOR.
The night in charts
Magic-Kings combined for 200, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-KingsMagic 99, Kings 101
200
Wizards-SixersWizards 84, Sixers 100
184
Rockets-LakersRockets 93, Lakers 89
182
Sonics-ClippersSonics 84, Clippers 78
162
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 82, Raptors 78
160
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Magic-KingsMagic 99, Kings 101
+2 SAC
Rockets-LakersRockets 93, Lakers 89
+4 HOU
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 82, Raptors 78
+4 UTA
Sonics-ClippersSonics 84, Clippers 78
+6 SEA
Wizards-SixersWizards 84, Sixers 100
+16 PHI
SEA erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sonics-ClippersSEA won · Sonics 84, Clippers 78
10 pts
Jazz-RaptorsUTA won · Jazz 82, Raptors 78
6 pts
Rockets-LakersHOU won · Rockets 93, Lakers 89
5 pts
Magic-KingsSAC won · Magic 99, Kings 101
5 pts
Bobby Jackson shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Bobby JacksonSAC · 22 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
91% (10-11)
Van HornPHI · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL
69% (9-13)
StocktonUTA · 15 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
StackhouseWAS · 29 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
63% (12-19)
HarpringUTA · 23 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
Final · Magic-Kings
Magic 99Kings 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2521252899
Kings20212931101
The story
Sacramento beat Orlando 101-99 behind 24 points and 10 rebounds from Chris Webber

Darrell Armstrong paced Orlando: 20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 11-27 FG

The swing

A 29-25 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −5−5−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Lakers
Rockets 93Lakers 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2121173493
Lakers1924212589
The story
Steve Francis had 27 points as Houston beat Los Angeles 93-89

Derek Fisher led Los Angeles with 17 PTS, 4 REB 27 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST · 8-20 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 34-25.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +2−1−5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Clippers
Sonics 84Clippers 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics1914213084
Clippers2815211478
The story
Gary Payton's 22 points and 10 assists carried Seattle past Los Angeles, 84-78

For Los Angeles, Andre Miller had 12 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 22 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 9-23 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The SuperSonics trailed by 10 going into the fourth, then won it 30-14.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −9−10−10+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Elton Brand was the fantasy play: 53.2 FPTS on 19 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.7Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 33, 33, 15, 41, 27, 21, 45, 46Lakers-Rockets · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 47, 41, 23, 32, 38, 35, 33, 36Magic-Kings · L
32.5 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 25, 35, 29, 27, 13, 25, 16, 29Wizards-Sixers · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 35, 34, 17, 31, 25, 37, 17, 28Sixers-Wizards · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 8 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30, 16, 27Rockets-Lakers · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 8 games: 9, 23, 22, 16, 27, 33, 24, 24Kings-Magic · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST