FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 13, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ATL85
BOS103
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +18
Final
MIA71
CHI103
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +32
Final
POR70
CLE81
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +11
Final · OT
DEN94
DET95
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
WSB106
NJN91
Q1 WSB +5; Q2 WSB +19; Q3 WSB +16; Q4 WSB +15
Final
LAL83
SAS95
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +12
Final
PHI98
TOR110
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +12
Final
SAC74
UTA105
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +31
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Nov 13, 1995: 2 games. Top scorer: John Stockton (UTA @ TOR), 29 points.
The lead · DEN @ DET

Detroit needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 88–88 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 7–6 for a 95–94 win. Grant Hill led Detroit with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2+2+70+1DET AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN14212726694
DET16213219795
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 6 games: 25, 22, 22, 21, 24, 27DET27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 7 games: 27, 14, 15, 18, 22, 13, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 8 games: 7, 13, 10, 7, 27, 8, 14, 20DEN20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 8 games: 6, 6, 25, 33, 23, 18, 37, 20DEN20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Miami by 32, the widest margin of 8 games.

DET over DEN1CLE over POR11SAS over LAL12TOR over PHI12WSB over NJN15BOS over ATL18UTA over SAC31CHI over MIA32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.1Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.1 in 7 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
20.41995–96 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.4 in 1995–96 (65 games). Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 30

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 8 games: 23, 35, 26, 22, 25, 19, 34, 30LAL @ SAS · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 7 games: 18, 10, 8, 13, 12, 18, 28SAS vs LAL · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 8 games: 30, 27, 22, 50, 15, 27, 26, 28CHI vs MIA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 8 games: 31, 20, 5, 14, 23, 14, 14, 27ATL @ BOS · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 6 games: 25, 22, 22, 21, 24, 27DET vs DEN · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 7 games: 19, 15, 22, 19, 25, 19, 26WSB @ NJN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST