FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 21, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIN by 19 after the first quarter and won 90–86.

Final · Box score
LAC94
DAL105
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +11
Final · Box score
CHI110
DEN92
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +18
Final · Box score
NJN88
DET96
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +8
Final · Box score
PHX105
HOU115
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +10
Final · Box score
CHH90
IND87
Q1 CHH +14; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +3
Final · Box score
ATL73
MIL65
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +8
Final · Box score
MIN86
ORL90
Q1 ORL -19; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +4
Final · Box score
CLE89
TOR81
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +8
Final · OT · Box score
GSW104
UTA109
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
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 21, 1995: 4 games. Top scorer: Cedric Ceballos (LAL vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ ORL

Orlando storms back from 19 down to beat Minnesota

The Magic trailed by 19 after one and won 90–86. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-19-10-4+4ORL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3619151686
ORL1728212490
Who led
Nick AndersonPoints, last 7 games: 15, 14, 15, 17, 25, 14, 22ORL22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 7 games: 14, 12, 18, 3, 6, 15, 14ORL14 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 19, 25, 18, 26, 30, 19, 17, 19MIN19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 14, 11, 15, 20, 13, 12, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ DAL

Dallas takes care of Clippers

An 11-point win, 105–94. Chris Gatling led Dallas with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over IND3ORL over MIN4UTA over GSW5DET over NJN8ATL over MIL8CLE over TOR8HOU over PHX10DAL over LAC11CHI over DEN18Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 8 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg46.0Today

46 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 33

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 9 games: 27, 21, 16, 32, 22, 21, 19, 37, 33UTA vs GSW · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 18, 29, 27, 26, 23, 20, 33, 32GSW @ UTA · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 50, 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31CHI @ DEN · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 9 games: 9, 15, 9, 9, 11, 16, 15, 12, 30UTA vs GSW · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris GatlingPoints, last 9 games: 17, 4, 22, 12, 17, 15, 26, 23, 27DAL vs LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Dell CurryPoints, last 10 games: 38, 12, 14, 12, 23, 13, 15, 4, 10, 25CHH @ IND · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST