FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 4, 2003Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 7 at halftime and won 86–75.

Final · Box score
Nuggets60
Pacers71
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +11
Final · Box score
Rockets86
Nets75
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +11
Final · Box score
Lakers113
Bucks107
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final · Box score
Heat73
Spurs80
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +7
On this day · 2002–03Nov 4, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (Warriors-Mavs), 39 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Nets

Houston takes care of New Jersey

Jermaine O'Neal goes for 25 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7-5+11HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2215202986
Nets2123181375
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 4 games: 21, 9, 14, 20HOU20 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 4 games: 17, 19, 19, 17HOU17 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 26, 19, 21NJN21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 4 games: 11, 21, 30, 16NJN16 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Lakers-Bucks

Lakers stay perfect at 4–0

Latest: 113–107 over Milwaukee. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
Wvs DAL109–93W@ PHX103–99Wvs GSW87–72W@ MIL113–107
Lead changes
Heat-Spurs9
Nuggets-Pacers2
The night in charts
Lakers-Bucks combined for 220, 59 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-BucksLakers 113, Bucks 107
220
Rockets-NetsRockets 86, Nets 75
161
Heat-SpursHeat 73, Spurs 80
153
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 60, Pacers 71
131
LAL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Lakers-BucksLakers 113, Bucks 107
+6 LAL
Heat-SpursHeat 73, Spurs 80
+7 SAS
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 60, Pacers 71
+11 IND
Rockets-NetsRockets 86, Nets 75
+11 HOU
HOU rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Rockets-NetsHOU won · Rockets 86, Nets 75
7 pts
Lakers-BucksLAL won · Lakers 113, Bucks 107
3 pts
Maurice Taylor shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Maurice TaylorHOU · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
BoykinsDEN · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
64% (7-11)
ShaqLAL · 23 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
60% (9-15)
Eddie JonesMIA · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 1 BLK
57% (8-14)
ReddMIL · 36 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
57% (13-23)
Final · Lakers-Bucks
Lakers 113Bucks 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers27302630113
Bucks18363221107
The story
Kobe Bryant had 31 points and 8 assists as Los Angeles beat Milwaukee 113-107

Tim Thomas led Milwaukee with 16 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST 31 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB · 10-22 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 27-18, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +9+3−3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Spurs
Heat 73Spurs 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1229181473
Spurs1824191980
The story
San Antonio beat Miami 80-73 behind 15 points from Manu Ginobili

Eddie Jones paced Miami: 26 PTS, 4 REB 15 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 4-13 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 18-12 first quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +6+1+2+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Pacers
Nuggets 60Pacers 71
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets102471960
Pacers1821211171
The story
Metta World Peace's 18 points carried Indiana past Denver, 71-60

For Denver, Marcus Camby had 13 REB, 2 PTS 18 PTS, 6 REB, 5 STL, 3 AST · 7-19 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 21-7, was where the Pacers built it.

IND lead by quarter
200 +8+5+19+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.5points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg22.2Last 4

22.2 points a game over his last four games, against 17.7 in 3 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 4 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
12.42002–03 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 2002–03 (58 games). Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 36

Michael ReddPoints, last 4 games: 16, 21, 16, 36Bucks-Lakers · L
22.2 PPG season to date
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 3 games: 15, 21, 31Lakers-Bucks · W
22.3 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 4 games: 15, 22, 20, 26Heat-Spurs · L
20.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 22, 12, 20, 25Pacers-Nuggets · W
19.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 16, 24, 17, 23Lakers-Bucks · W
20.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 26, 19, 21Nets-Rockets · L
19.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST