FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 14, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime.

Final
SAC103
ATL104
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +1
Final
TOR99
BOS103
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
CHH92
CHI105
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +13
Final · 2OT
LAL113
HOU103
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +10
Final
MIA78
IND82
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +4
Final
DEN85
ORL103
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +27; Q4 ORL +18
Final · 4+OT
PHX140
POR139
Final
SEA104
UTA110
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +6
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 14, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Blue Edwards (VAN vs PHX), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ BOS

Toronto's skid reaches five

Boston won 103–99; the Raptors fall to 1–7. Antoine Walker led Boston with 22 points, 18 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-2+5+4BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3124172799
BOS31222426103
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 8 games: 31, 19, 9, 20, 22, 21, 19, 22BOS22 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 8 games: 15, 5, 5, 0, 14, 10, 8, 22BOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 18, 16, 19, 7, 11, 25TOR25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 8 games: 16, 21, 16, 22, 12, 20, 10, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 52 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
23.91996–97 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.9 in 1996–97 (23 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.7Season avg61Today

61 minutes today, against 36.7 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 34 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 18.

ATL over SAC1BOS over TOR4IND over MIA4UTA over SEA6LAL over HOU10CHI over CHH13ORL over DEN18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Clyde Drexler leads the day with 35

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.
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 7 games: 17, 12, 9, 43, 10, 23, 35HOU vs LAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 5 games: 20, 23, 24, 12, 35POR vs PHX · L
22.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 6 games: 14, 9, 16, 21, 14, 35PHX @ POR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 7 games: 22, 19, 11, 12, 11, 14, 35LAL @ HOU · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 7 games: 19, 19, 18, 10, 2, 5, 34POR vs PHX · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 7 games: 14, 8, 23, 11, 20, 20, 31POR vs PHX · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST