FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 28, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Spurs trailed Suns by 9 after the first quarter and won 83–82.

Final · Box score
Heat74
Sixers89
Q1 Sixers +5; Q2 Sixers +5; Q3 Sixers +3; Q4 Sixers +15
Final · Box score
Suns82
Spurs83
Q1 Spurs -9; Q2 Spurs -4; Q3 Spurs -1; Q4 Spurs +1
Final · Box score
Mavs93
Lakers109
Q1 Lakers +14; Q2 Lakers +10; Q3 Lakers +19; Q4 Lakers +16
The lead · Suns-Spurs

San Antonio rallies from 9 down to beat Phoenix

Tim Duncan goes for 24 points

Game flow · Spurs margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-4-1+1Spurs AHEAD ↑Suns AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2814261482
Spurs1919291683
Who led
Tim DuncanSpurs24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Malik RoseSpurs12 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburySuns24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionSuns20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Heat-Sixers

Philadelphia leads Miami wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 89–74. Best quarter: the first, 24–19. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Spurs over Suns1Sixers over Heat15Lakers over Mavs16Final margin, points. Pink = Sixers over Heat.
The night in charts
Mavs-Lakers combined for 202, 37 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-LakersMavs 93, Lakers 109
202
Suns-SpursSuns 82, Spurs 83
165
Heat-SixersHeat 74, Sixers 89
163
Spurs won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Suns-SpursSuns 82, Spurs 83
+1 Spurs
Heat-SixersHeat 74, Sixers 89
+15 Sixers
Mavs-LakersMavs 93, Lakers 109
+16 Lakers
Duncan shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSpurs · 24 PTS, 12 REB, 6 BLK, 4 AST
62% (8-13)
Kenny ThomasSixers · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Antoine WalkerMavs · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
54% (7-13)
JamisonMavs · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
54% (7-13)
ShaqLakers · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
53% (8-15)
Final · Suns-Spurs
Suns 82Spurs 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2814261482
Spurs1919291683
The story
Malik Rose had 12 points as San Antonio beat Phoenix 83-82

Stephon Marbury led Phoenix with 24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 12 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST · 4-6 FG

The swing

Down 9 after the first, the Spurs took the second 19-14.

Spurs lead by quarter
200 −9−4−1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Sixers
Heat 74Sixers 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1920231274
Sixers2420212489
The story
Kenny Thomas' 15 points carried Philadelphia past Miami, 89-74

For Miami, Eddie Jones had 15 PTS, 8 REB 15 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST · 6-10 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 24-12, was where the 76ers built it.

Sixers lead by quarter
200 +5+5+3+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Lakers
Mavs 93Lakers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs1530222693
Lakers29263123109
The story
Los Angeles beat Dallas 109-93 behind 21 points and 9 assists from Gary Payton

Dirk Nowitzki paced Dallas: 19 PTS, 13 REB 21 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 10-20 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 29-15 first quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 +14+10+19+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
6.92002–03 avg16Today

16 points today in 35 minutes, against 6.9 a game in 2002–03 (71 games).

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
8.62002–03 avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 2002–03 (58 games). Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−14.6points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
14.62002–03 avg0Today

0 points today in 8 minutes, against 14.6 a game in 2002–03 (49 games).

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 26

Allen IversonSixers-Heat · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Tim DuncanSpurs-Suns · W
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburySuns-Spurs · L
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonLakers-Mavs · W
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionSuns-Spurs · L
20.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiMavs-Lakers · L
19.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST