FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 19, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CLE by 15 after three quarters and won 96–93.

Final
POR92
CHH106
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +14
Final · OT
ORL96
CLE93
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -15; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +3
Final
MIN93
LAL118
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +25
Final
LAC113
MIA122
Q1 MIA +25; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS100
NJN108
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +8
Final
WAS86
PHI97
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +11
Final
GSW87
SAS108
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +21
Final
VAN87
SEA107
Q1 SEA +23; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +11; 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 19, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW vs LAL), 33 points.
The lead · ORL @ CLE

Orlando needs overtime to survive Cleveland

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Orlando won the final period 9–6 for a 96–93 win. Derek Strong led Orlando with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-8-150+3ORL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL20221431996
CLE22282116693
Who led
Derek StrongPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 6, 2, 17, 14, 15, 13, 20ORL20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 4, 6, 6, 11, 9, 15, 1, 18ORL18 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 8, 2, 4, 11, 20, 10, 13, 21CLE21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 9 games: 26, 18, 28, 28, 21, 7, 11, 14, 18CLE18 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Minnesota by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

ORL over CLE3NJN over BOS8MIA over LAC9PHI over WAS11CHH over POR14SEA over VAN20SAS over GSW21LAL over MIN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, today vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
2.31996–97 avg12Today

12 points today in 30 minutes, against 2.3 a game in 1996–97 (35 games).

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 4 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg33.1Today

33 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 15 assists.

Top performances

Tim Hardaway leads the day with 33

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.
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 13, 14, 20, 25, 5, 12, 26, 33MIA vs LAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 14, 14, 13, 25, 10, 2, 15, 32LAC @ MIA · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 19, 24, 16, 10, 25, 21, 16, 31SEA vs VAN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 11, 15, 13, 26, 19, 28, 15, 31LAL vs MIN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 8 games: 13, 21, 33, 23, 26, 31, 11, 29PHI vs WAS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 18, 11, 14, 18, 12, 13, 13, 4, 27NJN vs BOS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST