FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 30, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed DET by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–95.

Final
SAS96
ATL108
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +12
Final
VAN97
DET95
Q1 VAN -7; Q2 VAN +4; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN +2
Final
PHI89
IND101
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +12
Final
TOR99
LAL105
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +6
Final
NJN87
SAC73
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +14
Final
ORL81
SEA103
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +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 30, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ SAS), 35 points.
The lead · VAN @ DET

Vancouver holds off Detroit, 97–95

Vancouver led 79–71 after three and held on to win by two. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · VAN 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 Q3Final0-7+4+8+2VAN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2033261897
DET2722222495
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 19, 25, 28, 16, 19, 14, 15, 19VAN19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 9, 7, 10, 18, 13, 10, 8, 18VAN18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 21, 28, 15, 23, 19, 27, 26, 26DET26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 35, 8, 15, 4, 16, 16, 4, 22DET22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · TOR @ LAL

Lakers lead Toronto wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 105–99. Best quarter: the first, 27–17. Eddie Jones led Lakers with 32 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
VAN over DET2LAL over TOR6ATL over SAS12IND over PHI12NJN over SAC14SEA over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Eddie Jones leads the day with 32

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.
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 28, 15, 31, 28, 11, 20, 14, 32LAL vs TOR · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 21, 28, 15, 23, 19, 27, 26, 26DET vs VAN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 11, 11, 14, 19, 16, 11, 17, 26NJN @ SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 21, 17, 19, 12, 19, 17, 18, 25IND vs PHI · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 17, 30, 12, 28, 20, 30, 21, 25TOR @ LAL · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 29, 21, 9, 22, 22, 34, 18, 23SAS @ ATL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST