FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 3, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIN by 9 at halftime and won 94–90.

Final
CHI97
BOS87
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +10
Final
LAL107
DEN89
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +18
Final · 3OT
PHX103
DET108
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET 0; OT2 DET 0; OT3 DET +5
Final
CLE95
GSW67
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +28
Final
PHI90
MIA94
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +4
Final
IND94
MIN90
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +4
Final
SEA93
NJN89
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +4
Final
TOR98
UTA115
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +17
Final
ORL101
VAN97
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +4
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 · 1996–97Dec 3, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ MIL), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ MIN

Indiana rallies from 9 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 9 at the half, Indiana outscored the Timberwolves 47–34 the rest of the way. Final: 94–90. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 27 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-9+1+4IND AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2720262194
MIN2630161890
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 21, 7, 10, 23, 21, 24, 17, 27IND27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 17, 19, 12, 19, 17, 18, 25, 15IND15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 26, 19, 18, 15, 10, 17, 13, 25MIN25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Chris CarrPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 13, 11, 19, 9, 12, 10, 17, 19MIN19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 28.

MIA over PHI4IND over MIN4SEA over NJN4ORL over VAN4DET over PHX5CHI over BOS10UTA over TOR17LAL over DEN18CLE over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 29

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: 28, 28, 27, 30, 49, 33, 26, 26, 29, 29CHI @ BOS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 17, 26, 21, 33, 19, 15, 23, 28MIA vs PHI · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 8, 17, 19, 21, 19, 24, 20, 27DET vs PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 21, 7, 10, 23, 21, 24, 17, 27IND @ MIN · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 26, 19, 18, 15, 10, 17, 13, 25MIN vs IND · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 4, 10, 13, 17, 22, 19, 13, 25LAL @ DEN · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST