FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 6, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed LAC by 5 at halftime and won 83–79.

Final
HOU108
DAL106
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +2
Final
ORL83
LAC79
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +4
Final
CHH79
NYK90
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +11
Final
MIN103
WAS114
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +11
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 6, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs MIN), 34 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAC

Orlando handles Clippers by 4

The Magic won the first quarter 26–24. Final: 83–79. Horace Grant led Orlando with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ORL 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+2-50+4ORL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2613261883
LAC2420211479
Who led
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 6, 21, 13, 19, 10, 20, 4, 25ORL25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Gerald WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 6, 2, 5, 4, 5, 4, 12, 21ORL21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 14, 7, 4, 2, 8, 20, 24, 15LAC15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 32, 24, 18, 18, 10, 18, 12, 14LAC14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ WAS

Washington takes care of Minnesota

An 11-point win, 114–103. Chris Webber led Washington with 33 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DAL2ORL over LAC4NYK over CHH11WAS over MIN11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 35

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 FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 7, 12, 20, 15, 35, 18, 27, 35DAL vs HOU · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 15, 2, 29, 24, 21, 10, 26, 33WAS vs MIN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 4, 38, 15, 16, 14, 8, 22, 27MIN @ WAS · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 20, 17, 4, 13, 22, 13, 15, 27NYK vs CHH · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 11, 24, 20, 25, 22, 18, 22, 26WAS vs MIN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 6, 21, 13, 19, 10, 20, 4, 25ORL @ LAC · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST