FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 9, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 86–78.

Final
GSW97
LAL132
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +35
Final
SEA112
PHI105
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +7
Final
NYK78
SAC86
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +8
Final · OT
DET96
VAN104
Q1 VAN +2; Q2 VAN +5; Q3 VAN +4; Q4 VAN 0; OT1 VAN +8
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 9, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs UTA), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ SAC

Sacramento fights back from 8 down against New York

Final: 86–78, after trailing by 8 after one. Mitch Richmond led Sacramento with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3-4+8SAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2917211178
SAC2122202386
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 5 games: 24, 21, 24, 25, 23SAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 5 games: 18, 8, 13, 9, 18SAC18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 6 games: 23, 16, 26, 19, 29, 21NYK21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Chris ChildsPoints, last 6 games: 7, 8, 7, 13, 16, 17NYK17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−26.7minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
37.01996–97 avg10.3Last 2

10.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 37.0 in 1996–97 (79 games). Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Second story · SEA @ PHI

Seattle keeps rolling, beats Philadelphia

That is four in a row. Final: 112–105. Vin Baker led Seattle with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · SEA
W@ POR91–83Lvs DAL81–89Wvs HOU118–94W@ TOR109–92W@ IND99–93W@ PHI112–105SEA: last 6 games through Nov 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 27

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 2 games: 17, 27LAL vs GSW · W
22.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 6 games: 17, 14, 20, 35, 17, 25SEA @ PHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 23, 4, 4, 25LAL vs GSW · W
14.0 PPG season to date
Career high25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 4 games: 13, 21, 33, 23PHI vs SEA · L
22.5 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 6 games: 23, 23, 11, 17, 13, 23DET @ VAN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 5 games: 24, 21, 24, 25, 23SAC vs NYK · W
23.4 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST