FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 4, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed SAS by 7 after three quarters and won 100–96.

Final
NYK91
DAL105
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +14
Final
ATL87
HOU94
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +7
Final · OT
SAS96
LAC100
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +4
Final
CHH92
MIL102
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +10
Final
SAC96
WAS118
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +25; Q4 WAS +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 · 1996–97Dec 4, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ VAN), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

Clippers need overtime to survive San Antonio

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Clippers won the final period 13–9 for a 100–96 win. Eric Piatkowski led Clippers with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-6-70+4LAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS29252211996
LAC2820211813100
Who led
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 1, 0, 10, 14, 7, 4, 2, 8, 20, 24LAC24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 11, 11, 16, 14, 2, 13, 10, 17LAC17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 9, 22, 22, 34, 18, 23, 23, 25SAS25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 8, 7, 6, 11, 16, 10, 0, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Second story · ATL @ HOU

Houston extends win streak to 7

94–87 over Atlanta. Record: 10–5. Kevin Willis led Houston with 31 points, 15 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Lvs PHI100–114Lvs LAL103–113L@ PHX94–96Wvs NYK95–84Wvs TOR127–97Wvs GSW90–84W@ POR98–89W@ GSW107–100Wvs DEN112–101Wvs ATL94–87HOU: last 10 games through Dec 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg44.5Today

45 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Willis leads the day with 31

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.
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 12, 17, 17, 22, 12, 15, 19, 31HOU vs ATL · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 14, 7, 12, 20, 15, 35, 18, 27DAL vs NYK · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 10, 36, 27, 26, 22, 21, 14, 19, 30, 27CHH @ MIL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 22, 15, 2, 29, 24, 21, 10, 26WAS vs SAC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 22, 23, 22, 31, 21, 16, 25, 26SAC @ WAS · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 19, 15, 12, 7, 43, 15, 25HOU vs ATL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST