FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 22, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 111–108.

Final
SEA118
BOS91
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +27
Final
SAS86
LAL96
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final · 2OT
MIA111
SAC108
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +3
Final
PHI76
WSB88
Q1 WSB +7; Q2 WSB +13; Q3 WSB +19; Q4 WSB +12
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 22, 1995: 12 games. Top scorer: Larry Johnson (CHH vs BOS), 44 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Miami needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Miami won the final period 11–8 for a 111–108 win. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-6+10+400+3MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MIA183218221011111
SAC24162426108108
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 19, 22, 8, 23, 23, 12, 19, 22MIA22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 11, 14, 20, 17, 9, 23, 14, 20MIA20 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 28, 16, 30, 27, 14, 12, 32SAC32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31, 23SAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Points per game
5.21995–96 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 points a game over his last three games, against 5.2 in 1995–96 (80 games). Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
20.41995–96 avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 1995–96 (54 games). Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAS @ LAL

San Antonio's skid reaches four

Lakers won 96–86; the Spurs fall to 2–9. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 29 points, 21 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · SAS
Lvs DEN79–88W@ CLE74–68L@ WSB86–96Lvs SEA75–87L@ POR81–94Wvs LAL95–83Lvs IND78–93Lvs GSW92–102Lvs LAC81–93L@ LAL86–96SAS: last 10 games through Nov 22, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Mitch Richmond 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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 28, 16, 30, 27, 14, 12, 32SAC vs MIA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 19, 34, 30, 18, 16, 26, 26, 29LAL vs SAS · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 18, 22, 32, 18, 18, 16, 24LAL vs SAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31, 23SAC vs MIA · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 21, 13, 25, 19, 21, 24, 31, 22SEA @ BOS · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 31, 33, 20, 25, 11, 26, 34, 22SEA @ BOS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST