FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 23, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed GSW by 13 at halftime and won 120–115.

Final
DET85
CHH93
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +8
Final · OT
HOU120
GSW115
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -13; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
ORL76
IND73
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +3
Final
WSB95
MIL90
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB -7; Q3 WSB -10; Q4 WSB +5
Final
LAC96
MIN98
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DAL91
NJN114
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +18; Q3 NJN +25; Q4 NJN +23
Final
NYK92
PHI109
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +17
Final
DEN65
POR105
Q1 POR +19; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +40
Final
ATL91
TOR88
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CHI100
UTA105
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +5
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 23, 1995: 1 game. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND vs HOU), 24 points.
The lead · HOU @ GSW

Clyde Drexler scores 32, Houston rallies past Golden State

Houston trailed by 13 at the half and won 120–115.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-13+40+5HOU AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2125402212120
GSW243523267115
Who led
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 13, 13, 4, 6, 33, 18, 17, 32HOU32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 16, 8, 33, 25, 10, 22, 20, 27HOU27 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
Mark PricePoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 16, 16, 6, 5, 6, 18, 17, 32GSW32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 29, 27, 26, 23, 20, 33, 32, 28GSW28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.0minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
37.11995–96 avg14.1Last 2

14.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 37.1 in 1995–96 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.5Season avg25.6Today

26 minutes today, against 4.5 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 40.

MIN over LAC2ORL over IND3ATL over TOR3HOU over GSW5WSB over MIL5UTA over CHI5CHH over DET8PHI over NYK17NJN over DAL23POR over DEN40Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 44

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 50, 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44CHI @ UTA · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 16, 32, 22, 21, 19, 37, 33, 36UTA vs CHI · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 20, 20, 12, 29, 31, 16, 9, 33MIL vs WSB · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 13, 13, 4, 6, 33, 18, 17, 32HOU @ GSW · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Mark PricePoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 16, 16, 6, 5, 6, 18, 17, 32GSW vs HOU · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 14, 14, 27, 19, 17, 16, 21, 29ATL @ TOR · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST