FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 19, 1995Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed VAN by 2 after the first quarter and won 98–93.

Final
LAC88
LAL109
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +25; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +21
Final
VAN93
NYK98
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ATL108
SAC94
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · VAN @ NYK

New York beats Vancouver, 98–93

New York led 77–73 after three and won by 5. Derek Harper led New York with 25 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+1+4+5NYK AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN3123192093
NYK2926222198
Who led
Derek HarperPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 17, 22, 22, 20, 20, 22, 9, 25NYK25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 11, 7, 20, 16, 12, 13, 10, 20NYK20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Greg AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 2, 0, 28, 10, 19, 17, 17, 18VAN18 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 10, 4, 15, 10, 6, 16, 9, 14VAN14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ATL @ SAC

Atlanta leads Sacramento wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 108–94. Best quarter: the third, 29–23. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over VAN5ATL over SAC14LAL over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Steven Smith leads the day with 32

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.
Steven SmithPoints, last 9 games: 20, 27, 18, 18, 28, 13, 11, 18, 32ATL @ SAC · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 27, 26, 32, 25, 31, 31, 17, 25LAL vs LAC · W
25.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Derek HarperPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 17, 22, 22, 20, 20, 22, 9, 25NYK vs VAN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 14, 8, 3, 19, 17, 17, 28, 22LAC @ LAL · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 9 games: 10, 15, 7, 13, 20, 20, 19, 13, 20ATL @ SAC · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 17, 20, 5, 6, 8, 6, 25, 20LAL vs LAC · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST