FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 14, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed IND by 9 after three quarters and won 90–88.

Final · Box score
MIL86
GSW95
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +9
Final · Box score
IND88
HOU90
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
SEA94
LAC78
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +16
Final · Box score
DAL90
MIN100
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
TOR96
NYK99
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
CHH89
ORL96
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +7
Final · Box score
PHX89
VAN92
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN +1; Q3 VAN +4; Q4 VAN +3
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 · 1995–96Nov 14, 1995: 7 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL vs SAS), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ HOU

Houston rallies from 9 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 9 after three, Houston outscored the Pacers 27–16 the rest of the way. Final: 90–88. Charles Barkley led Houston with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+1-9+2HOU AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2521261688
HOU2423162790
Who led
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 7 games: 20, 9, 16, 16, 8, 33, 25HOU25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 8 games: 17, 24, 23, 34, 36, 38, 31, 21HOU21 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 6 games: 4, 11, 6, 23, 7, 23IND23 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 6 games: 17, 34, 28, 16, 19, 13IND13 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 16.

HOU over IND2NYK over TOR3VAN over PHX3ORL over CHH7GSW over MIL9MIN over DAL10SEA over LAC16Final 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
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 6 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Blue Edwards leads the day with 34

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.
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 8 games: 16, 11, 5, 18, 4, 8, 11, 34VAN vs PHX · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 7 games: 25, 18, 20, 27, 28, 32, 32MIL @ GSW · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 7 games: 24, 26, 19, 25, 18, 26, 30MIN vs DAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 7 games: 5, 4, 7, 15, 26, 23, 29TOR @ NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
John StarksPoints, last 8 games: 22, 17, 7, 17, 7, 8, 9, 27NYK vs TOR · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 7 games: 28, 19, 28, 21, 13, 21, 26TOR @ NYK · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST