FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 25, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 88–84.

Final
CHI88
LAC84
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +4
Final
MIL100
ORL88
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +12
Final
NJN92
UTA108
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +30; Q4 UTA +16
Final
MIN98
WSB105
Q1 WSB +12; Q2 WSB +18; Q3 WSB +14; Q4 WSB +7
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 25, 1995: 9 games. Top scorer: Robert Pack (WSB vs ORL), 35 points.
The lead · CHI @ LAC

Michael Jordan scores 40 as Chicago beats Clippers

Chicago won 88–84. Michael Jordan: 40 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-7-6-2+4CHI AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1827192488
LAC2526151884
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44, 40CHI40 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 18, 12, 17, 10, 37, 16, 16, 15CHI15 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Stanley RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 15, 4, 8, 17, 12, 4, 18, 15LAC15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 0, 11, 10, 12, 20, 10, 12, 14LAC14 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ WSB

Washington leads Minnesota wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 105–98. Best quarter: the second, 34–28. Juwan Howard led Washington with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over LAC4WSB over MIN7MIL over ORL12UTA over NJN16Final margin, points. Pink = WSB over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.8Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 30.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 28.7 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

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: 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44, 40CHI @ LAC · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 32, 22, 21, 19, 37, 33, 36, 27UTA vs NJN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 18, 26, 30, 19, 17, 19, 17, 25MIN @ WSB · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 14, 15, 17, 25, 14, 22, 11, 25ORL vs MIL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 13, 16, 14, 11, 27, 13, 15, 24MIL @ ORL · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 15, 22, 14, 19, 15, 18, 23, 24WSB vs MIN · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST