FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 31, 1997Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CHI by 20 after the first quarter and won 92–85.

Final
CHI85
BOS92
Q1 BOS -20; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NYK97
CHH85
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAS107
DEN96
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +11
Final
WAS79
DET92
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +13
Final
CLE86
HOU94
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +8
Final
UTA87
LAL104
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +17
Final
TOR101
MIA114
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +13
Final
GSW113
MIN129
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +16
Final
IND95
NJN97
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +2
Final
ATL105
ORL99
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +6
Final
MIL103
PHI88
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +15
Final
LAC100
PHX110
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +10
Final
SEA91
POR83
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +8
Final
DAL90
VAN88
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CHI @ BOS

Antoine Walker drops 31 in 20-point comeback win over Chicago

Chicago led by 20 after one. Final: 92–85.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-9+10+7BOS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3211152785
BOS1222342492
Who led
Antoine WalkerBOS31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsBOS15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanCHI30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jason CaffeyCHI13 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.8points, today vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
24.21996–97 avg45Today

45 points today in 41 minutes, against 24.2 a game in 1996–97 (80 games).

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
12.91996–97 avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 1996–97 (75 games). Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−15.8points, today vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
26.81996–97 avg11Today

11 points today in 41 minutes, against 26.8 a game in 1996–97 (79 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Fourteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Lakers by 17.

NJN over IND2DAL over VAN2ATL over ORL6BOS over CHI7HOU over CLE8SEA over POR8PHX over LAC10SAS over DEN11NYK over CHH12DET over WAS13MIA over TOR13MIL over PHI15MIN over GSW16LAL over UTA17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 45

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 SprewellGSW @ MIN · L
45.0 PPG season to date
45 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Reggie MillerIND @ NJN · L
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Anfernee HardawayORL vs ATL · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN vs DAL · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerBOS vs CHI · W
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanCHI @ BOS · L
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST