FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 1, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SEA by 16 after three quarters and won 89–81.

Final
TOR85
ATL90
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +5
Final
PHI74
CHI94
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +30; Q4 CHI +20
Final
GSW83
IND96
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +13
Final
POR82
LAC74
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +8
Final · OT
NJN113
MIL109
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN -12; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
CHH90
MIN106
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +16
Final
CLE80
SAS83
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DAL89
SEA81
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -16; Q4 DAL +8
Final
DEN84
UTA102
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +18
Final
SAC96
VAN97
Q1 VAN 0; Q2 VAN 0; Q3 VAN -2; Q4 VAN +1
Final
MIA109
WAS108
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +1
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 · 1996–97Nov 1, 1996: 14 games. Top scorer: Christian Laettner (ATL @ MIA), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ SEA

Dallas storms back from 16 down to beat Seattle

The Mavericks trailed by 16 after three and won 89–81. Michael Finley led Dallas with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-9-16+8DAL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1425163489
SEA2523231081
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 2 games: 16, 20DAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 2 games: 17, 17DAL17 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 2 games: 14, 15SEA15 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 2 games: 13, 14SEA14 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
13.41996–97 avg27.5Last 2

27.5 points a game over his last two games, against 13.4 in 1996–97 (82 games). Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
35.11996–97 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.1 in 1996–97 (36 games). Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
18.91996–97 avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 1996–97 (58 games). Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Philadelphia by 20.

VAN over SAC1MIA over WAS1SAS over CLE3NJN over MIL4ATL over TOR5POR over LAC8DAL over SEA8IND over GSW13MIN over CHH16UTA over DEN18CHI over PHI20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Sam Cassell 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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 2 games: 18, 33NJN @ MIL · W
25.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 2 games: 35, 33IND vs GSW · W
34.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 2 games: 20, 32MIL vs NJN · L
26.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 2 games: 19, 30WAS vs MIA · L
24.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 2 games: 21, 26MIA @ WAS · W
23.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Shawn KempCLE @ SAS · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST