FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 2, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NYK by 7 after the first quarter and won 94–86.

Final
ORL107
BOS96
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DET94
NYK86
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +8
Final
HOU93
SAC77
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +16
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 2, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Dell Curry (CHH vs TOR), 38 points.
The lead · DET @ NYK

Grant Hill scores 34 as Detroit wins in New York

Final: 94–86. Grant Hill made 9 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-7-3-5+8DET AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1519243694
NYK2215262386
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 2 games: 25, 34DET34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 2 games: 23, 23DET23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 2 games: 23, 16NYK16 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 22, 16NYK16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
20.51996–97 avg31.5Last 2

31.5 points a game over his last two games, against 20.5 in 1996–97 (59 games). Today: 32 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.1minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
39.61996–97 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 39.6 in 1996–97 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
6.11996–97 avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 1996–97 (31 games). Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · HOU @ SAC

Houston handles Sacramento by 16

The Rockets won the first quarter 27–24. Final: 93–77. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over NYK8ORL over BOS11HOU over SAC16Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SAC.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 34

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 2 games: 25, 34DET @ NYK · W
29.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 2 games: 31, 32ORL @ BOS · W
31.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 2 games: 23, 23DET @ NYK · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 2 games: 11, 23BOS vs ORL · L
17.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 2 games: 24, 21SAC vs HOU · L
22.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 2 games: 31, 19BOS vs ORL · L
25.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST