FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 12, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DEN by 8 at halftime and won 96–86.

Final
DEN86
BOS96
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +10
Final
WAS90
CHI83
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +7
Final
DET102
GSW71
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +31
Final
PHI114
HOU100
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +14
Final
ATL89
IND86
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +3
Final
SAC115
ORL89
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +26
Final
MIL95
PHX103
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NYK93
TOR70
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +23
Final
VAN80
UTA98
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +18
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 12, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Mookie Blaylock (ATL vs CLE), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ BOS

Boston beats Denver, 96–86

Boston led 72–70 after three and won by 10. Antoine Walker led Boston with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-4-8+2+10BOS AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2427191686
BOS2023292496
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 7 games: 31, 19, 9, 20, 22, 21, 19BOS19 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Travis KnightPoints, last 7 games: 8, 13, 13, 16, 9, 5, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tony BattiePoints, last 5 games: 15, 6, 13, 16, 14DEN14 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Eric WashingtonPoints, last 4 games: 0, 6, 4, 13DEN13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Golden State by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

ATL over IND3WAS over CHI7PHX over MIL8BOS over DEN10PHI over HOU14UTA over VAN18NYK over TOR23SAC over ORL26DET over GSW31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
24.21996–97 avg17.0Last 2

17.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.2 in 1996–97 (77 games). Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 4.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−12.9points, today vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
21.91996–97 avg9Today

9 points today in 21 minutes, against 21.9 a game in 1996–97 (55 games).

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 31

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 6 games: 20, 32, 10, 21, 31, 31MIL @ PHX · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 7 games: 35, 33, 21, 14, 22, 20, 30IND vs ATL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 8 games: 30, 16, 29, 29, 27, 15, 19, 28CHI vs WAS · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 8 games: 22, 16, 5, 7, 9, 5, 10, 27NYK @ TOR · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 5 games: 13, 21, 33, 23, 26PHI @ HOU · W
23.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 7 games: 20, 24, 21, 22, 20, 26, 26UTA vs VAN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST