FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 20, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CHI by 1 after the first quarter and won 89–85.

Final
NYK100
ATL79
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +21
Final · OT
GSW101
DAL97
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +4
Final
POR93
DET87
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +6
Final
TOR97
HOU127
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +31; Q4 HOU +30
Final
IND109
MIL83
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +26
Final
CHI85
PHX89
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +4
Final
UTA95
SAC97
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +2
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 20, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Scottie Pippen (CHI @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ PHX

Phoenix handles Chicago by 4

The Suns won the second quarter 30–22. Final: 89–85. Danny Manning led Phoenix with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-1+7-1+4PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2322211985
PHX2230132489
Who led
Danny ManningPoints, last 9 games: 14, 9, 16, 21, 14, 35, 10, 20, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 23, 8, 3, 8, 15, 30, 27, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 29, 27, 15, 19, 28, 28, 27, 30CHI30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ron HarperPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 9, 5, 14, 1, 2, 16, 2, 14CHI14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Toronto by 30.

SAC over UTA2GSW over DAL4PHX over CHI4POR over DET6NYK over ATL21IND over MIL26HOU over TOR30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 10 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
23.01996–97 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.0 in 1996–97 (52 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg30.4Today

30 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dennis Scott 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.
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 2, 28, 9, 2, 27, 4, 3, 12, 20, 33DAL vs GSW · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 22, 20, 26, 26, 23, 26, 26, 32UTA @ SAC · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 29, 27, 15, 19, 28, 28, 27, 30CHI @ PHX · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 45, 25, 12, 4, 24, 10, 14, 25, 20, 28GSW @ DAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 9 games: 20, 23, 24, 12, 35, 19, 19, 18, 28POR @ DET · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 22, 12, 20, 10, 17, 10, 21, 25TOR @ HOU · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST