FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 7, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIA by 11 after the first quarter and won 99–87.

Final
CHI78
ATL80
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +2
Final
CLE96
BOS92
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +4
Final
UTA91
DEN89
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +2
Final
ORL89
DET84
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +5
Final
POR86
HOU85
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +1
Final
SEA99
IND93
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -7; Q4 SEA +6
Final
NYK94
LAL99
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +5
Final
MIA87
NJN99
Q1 NJN -11; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +12
Final
LAC98
SAC85
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final
MIN108
VAN97
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +11
Final
CHH107
WAS92
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +7; Q3 CHH +12; Q4 CHH +15
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 7, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU @ DEN), 36 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

New Jersey climbs back to beat Miami

Miami led by 11 after one. New Jersey won it 99–87. Chris Gatling led New Jersey with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-4+8+12NJN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2821162287
NJN1728282699
Who led
Chris GatlingPoints, last 4 games: 10, 25, 21, 24NJN24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 4 games: 20, 16, 14, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 5 games: 14, 18, 11, 9, 21MIA21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 5 games: 21, 26, 13, 14, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Charlotte by 15.

POR over HOU1ATL over CHI2UTA over DEN2CLE over BOS4ORL over DET5LAL over NYK5SEA over IND6MIN over VAN11NJN over MIA12LAC over SAC13CHH over WAS15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
16.11996–97 avg21.5Last 2

21.5 points a game over his last two games, against 16.1 in 1996–97 (76 games). Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
20.31996–97 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.3 in 1996–97 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 29.6 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Patrick Ewing leads the day with 29

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.
Patrick EwingPoints, last 5 games: 23, 16, 26, 19, 29NYK @ LAL · L
22.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 3 games: 26, 18, 28CLE @ BOS · W
24.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 5 games: 30, 16, 29, 29, 27CHI @ ATL · L
26.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 5 games: 10, 18, 8, 10, 27HOU vs POR · L
14.6 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 4 games: 11, 23, 27, 26MIN @ VAN · W
21.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 6, 12, 26CLE @ BOS · W
13.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST