FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 23, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DET by 4 after the first quarter and won 90–86.

Final
DET86
BOS90
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
LAC102
LAL119
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +17
Final
VAN84
NYK104
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +20
Final
CHI103
SAC88
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +15
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 23, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ UTA), 44 points.
The lead · DET @ BOS

Boston beats Detroit, 90–86

Boston led 66–61 after three and won by 4. Antoine Walker led Boston with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-4-1+5+4BOS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2314242586
BOS1917302490
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 21, 19, 22, 25, 14, 21, 24, 29BOS29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 16, 17, 16, 8, 11, 5, 11, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 14, 21, 13, 20, 8, 17, 19, 21DET21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 19, 12, 21, 28, 15, 23, 19DET19 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 12 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CHI @ SAC

Chicago leads Sacramento wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 103–88. Best quarter: the second, 33–21. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over DET4CHI over SAC15LAL over LAC17NYK over VAN20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over SAC.
Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 15, 19, 28, 28, 27, 30, 49, 33CHI @ SAC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 21, 19, 22, 25, 14, 21, 24, 29BOS vs DET · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 11, 15, 13, 26, 19, 28, 15, 31, 28LAL vs LAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 26, 18, 24, 10, 11, 15, 6, 24LAC @ LAL · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 23, 4, 4, 25, 11, 19, 20, 24LAL vs LAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 23, 17, 25, 23, 18, 17, 22, 23SAC vs CHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST