FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 21, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 111–102.

Final
NJN93
BOS101
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIA102
CHH119
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH -4; Q4 CHH +17
Final · 2OT
CHI111
LAC102
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +9
Final
CLE103
MIN80
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +23
Final
SAS74
SEA94
Q1 SEA +20; Q2 SEA +23; Q3 SEA +27; Q4 SEA +20
Final
DEN96
VAN99
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN -11; Q3 VAN -7; Q4 VAN +3
Final
NYK104
WAS82
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +22
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 21, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs GSW), 33 points.
The lead · CHI @ LAC

Michael Jordan scores 49 as Chicago beats Clippers

Chicago won 111–102. Michael Jordan: 49 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-13-1000+9CHI AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
CHI14272922109111
LAC27152822100102
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 15, 19, 28, 28, 27, 30, 49CHI49 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Luc LongleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 10, 4, 14, 21, 16, 15, 12, 22CHI22 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 14, 13, 25, 10, 2, 15, 32, 24LAC24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 18, 13, 5, 12, 21, 21, 9, 17LAC17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ VAN

Vancouver climbs out of an 11-point hole against Denver

Down 11 at the half, the Grizzlies won the third quarter 29–25 and the game 99–96. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · VAN vs DEN
Shareef Abdur-Rahim · VANBryant Stith · DENPTS2822REB96AST13Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.3Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.3 in 11 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 52 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 11 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg52.0Today

52 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 49

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 15, 19, 28, 28, 27, 30, 49CHI @ LAC · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high49 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 22, 29, 13, 24, 25, 19, 25, 28VAN vs DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 28, 28, 24, 30, 10, 36, 27, 26CHH vs MIA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 22, 21, 19, 22, 25, 14, 21, 24BOS vs NJN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 14, 13, 25, 10, 2, 15, 32, 24LAC vs CHI · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 14, 20, 25, 5, 12, 26, 33, 23MIA @ CHH · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST