FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 16, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 96–94.

Final
LAC83
ATL89
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +6
Final
NJN77
CLE72
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +5
Final
VAN95
LAL121
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +31; Q4 LAL +26
Final
HOU94
PHX96
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -14; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MIL99
SEA119
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +25; Q3 SEA +18; Q4 SEA +20
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 16, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Clyde Drexler (HOU vs GSW), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Kevin Johnson posts 30 and 10 as Phoenix beats Houston

30 points and 10 rebounds in a 96–94 win.

Game flow · PHX 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+1-14-6+2PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2228202494
PHX2313283296
Who led
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 7 games: 15, 23, 8, 3, 8, 15, 30PHX30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 7 games: 6, 11, 6, 29, 16, 6, 21PHX21 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 8 games: 10, 18, 8, 10, 27, 14, 4, 22HOU22 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Brent PricePoints, last 6 games: 8, 5, 4, 5, 4, 13HOU13 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ ATL

Atlanta makes it ten straight

Atlanta beat Clippers 89–83 and moved to 10–0. Dikembe Mutombo led Atlanta with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
W@ ORL105–99Wvs TOR90–85Wvs DET82–71W@ PHI93–88Wvs CHI80–78W@ CLE99–97Wvs SEA89–87W@ IND89–86Wvs SAC104–103Wvs LAC89–83ATL: last 10 games through Nov 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Johnson leads the day with 30

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.
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 7 games: 15, 23, 8, 3, 8, 15, 30PHX vs HOU · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 8 games: 18, 35, 11, 15, 13, 26, 19, 28LAL vs VAN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Sherman DouglasPoints, last 8 games: 10, 4, 11, 4, 8, 10, 7, 25NJN @ CLE · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 28, 11, 23, 22, 29, 13, 24, 25VAN @ LAL · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 8 games: 22, 19, 11, 12, 11, 14, 35, 24LAL vs VAN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 3 games: 3, 16, 23NJN @ CLE · W
14.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST