FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 24, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed TOR by 4 at halftime and won 91–90.

Final
WAS87
ORL95
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +8
Final
POR91
TOR90
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +1
Final · OT
MIN124
UTA133
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +24; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +9
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 24, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Dominique Wilkins (SAS @ VAN), 26 points.
The lead · POR @ TOR

Portland takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 3 after three, Portland won the fourth 21–17. Final: 91–90. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-4-3+1POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2320272191
TOR2225261790
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 10, 13, 14, 8, 18, 8, 12, 16POR16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 5, 34, 8, 4, 12, 12, 8, 15POR15 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 20, 10, 17, 10, 21, 25, 21, 29TOR29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 14, 13, 3, 17, 30, 12, 28, 20TOR20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ ORL

Orlando makes it six straight

Orlando beat Washington 95–87 and moved to 9–4. Rony Seikaly led Orlando with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · ORL
L@ CHI81–94W@ DET89–84Wvs TOR96–87Lvs SAC89–115Wvs DEN103–85W@ WAS102–91Wvs LAC112–94W@ CLE96–93W@ PHI108–94Wvs WAS95–87ORL: last 10 games through Nov 24, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.5Season avg25.8Last 3

25.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.5 in 10 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 38

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 13, 15, 26, 19, 23, 15, 4, 38MIN @ UTA · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 26, 26, 23, 26, 26, 32, 20, 33UTA vs MIN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 12, 24, 34, 17, 22, 15, 2, 29WAS @ ORL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 20, 10, 17, 10, 21, 25, 21, 29TOR vs POR · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 12, 19, 23, 9, 18, 17, 19, 25UTA vs MIN · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 34, 19, 26, 13, 6, 21, 10, 17, 24ORL vs WAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST