FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 1, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 10 at halftime and won 110–107.

Final · Box score
Pacers92
Clippers87
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
Raptors92
Grizzlies87
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +5
Final · Box score
Hornets86
Celtics95
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +9
Final · Box score
Rockets84
Kings103
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +19
Final · Box score
Nets95
Sonics96
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 Sonics 0; Q4 SEA +1
Final · Box score
Wolves110
Lakers107
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 Wolves 0; Q4 MIN +3
On this day · 2001–02Dec 1, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (Celtics-Nets), 48 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Lakers

Minnesota climbs out of a 10-point hole against Lakers

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 31 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-100+3MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28222634110
Lakers29311631107
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 27, 34, 15, 19, 25, 20, 21, 23MIN23 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 3, 5, 13, 0, 10, 2, 3, 17MIN17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 6 games: 17, 24, 15, 28, 33, 31LAL31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 45, 46, 16, 24, 21, 15, 21, 38, 45, 22LAL22 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · Nets-Sonics

Seattle climbs back to beat New Jersey

New Jersey led by 9 after one. Seattle won it 96–95. Gary Payton led Seattle with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sonics-Nets
Gary Payton · SEAJason Kidd · NJNPTS2827REB108AST48Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Wolves-Lakers combined for 217, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-LakersWolves 110, Lakers 107
217
Nets-SonicsNets 95, Sonics 96
191
Rockets-KingsRockets 84, Kings 103
187
Hornets-CelticsHornets 86, Celtics 95
181
Raptors-GrizzliesRaptors 92, Grizzlies 87
179
Pacers-ClippersPacers 92, Clippers 87
179
4 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nets-SonicsNets 95, Sonics 96
+1 SEA
Wolves-LakersWolves 110, Lakers 107
+3 MIN
Raptors-GrizzliesRaptors 92, Grizzlies 87
+5 TOR
Pacers-ClippersPacers 92, Clippers 87
+5 IND
Hornets-CelticsHornets 86, Celtics 95
+9 BOS
Rockets-KingsRockets 84, Kings 103
+19 SAC
MIN erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-LakersMIN won · Wolves 110, Lakers 107
10 pts
Nets-SonicsSEA won · Nets 95, Sonics 96
9 pts
Raptors-GrizzliesTOR won · Raptors 92, Grizzlies 87
9 pts
Gerald Wallace shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Gerald WallaceSAC · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
91% (10-11)
PaytonSEA · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
MashburnNOH · 33 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL
68% (13-19)
KobeLAL · 22 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
JeffersonNJN · 14 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Nets-Sonics
Nets 95Sonics 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2922222295
Sonics2032212396
The story
Gary Payton's 28 points and 10 rebounds carried Seattle past New Jersey, 96-95

For New Jersey, Lucious Harris had 23 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 13-19 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The SuperSonics trailed by 9 going into the second, then won it 32-22.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −9+10+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jason Kidd was the fantasy play: 52.6 FPTS on 27 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST

Final · Wolves-Lakers
Wolves 110Lakers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28222634110
Lakers29311631107
The story
Kevin Garnett had 23 points and 15 rebounds as Minnesota beat Los Angeles 110-107

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB 23 PTS, 15 REB, 6 AST · 8-15 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the second, the Timberwolves took the third 26-16.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −1−100+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Clippers
Pacers 92Clippers 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2023212892
Clippers1720262487
The story
Indiana beat Los Angeles 92-87 behind 13 points and 12 rebounds from Metta World Peace

Marko Jaric paced Los Angeles: 25 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL · 5-16 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 28-24 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pacers.

IND lead by quarter
200 +3+6+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Elton Brand topped the game at 49.9 FPTS: 20 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Mashburn leads the day with 33

Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 19, 37, 25, 16, 18, 16, 20, 33Hornets-Celtics · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 6 games: 17, 24, 15, 28, 33, 31Lakers-Wolves · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 35, 13, 9, 28, 18, 36, 31, 30, 16, 30Celtics-Hornets · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 14, 22, 20, 26, 32, 17, 10, 28Sonics-Nets · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 22, 28, 16, 27, 22, 13, 31, 28Celtics-Hornets · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 24, 19, 16, 18, 17, 35, 28, 27Nets-Sonics · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST