FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 19, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
ATL63
CLE73
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +10
Final
MIA104
DEN86
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +18
Final
LAL112
GSW109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +3
Final
MIN93
HOU122
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +23; Q3 HOU +33; Q4 HOU +29
Final
DAL97
MIL100
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +3
Final
NYK92
ORL88
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +4
Final · OT
SAC90
POR92
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
SEA106
TOR98
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +25; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +8
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 19, 1995: 3 games. Top scorer: Steven Smith (ATL @ SAC), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ POR

Portland outlasts Sacramento in overtime

85–85 at the end of regulation. Portland took the last extra period 7–5. Final: 92–90. Clifford Robinson led Portland with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR 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.Final0-6+7+50+2POR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC24162223590
POR18292018792
Who led
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 6, 18, 9, 14, 11, 21, 16, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 21, 17, 17, 15, 12, 22, 11, 20POR20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31SAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Michael SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 4, 4, 15, 8, 4, 12, 5, 12SAC12 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Rockets rout

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Minnesota by 29.

POR over SAC2LAL over GSW3MIL over DAL3NYK over ORL4SEA over TOR8CLE over ATL10MIA over DEN18HOU over MIN29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 9 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg28.1Today

28 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 33

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 12, 18, 29, 27, 26, 23, 20, 33GSW vs LAL · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 9 games: 24, 7, 4, 11, 11, 10, 10, 11, 31TOR vs SEA · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31SAC @ POR · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 15, 6, 9, 13, 16, 14, 11, 27MIL vs DAL · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 15, 3, 10, 29, 2, 4, 15, 27LAL @ GSW · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 0 REB · 12 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 7, 27, 8, 14, 20, 8, 23, 27DEN vs MIA · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST