FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 4, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed VAN by 12 after the first quarter and won 92–87.

Final · Box score
DET71
ATL82
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +11
Final · Box score
IND77
CLE80
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +3
Final · Box score
VAN87
DAL92
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
WAS120
DEN96
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +29; Q4 WAS +24
Final · Box score
ORL76
MIL110
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +20; Q3 MIL +33; Q4 MIL +34
Final · Box score
BOS70
NYK102
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +32
Final · Box score
UTA84
PHX106
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +22
Final · Box score
MIN105
POR122
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +17
Final · Box score
LAL101
SAC98
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
HOU94
SEA118
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +24
Final · Box score
GSW86
TOR104
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +21; Q4 TOR +18
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 · 1996–97Nov 4, 1996: 2 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU @ UTA), 23 points.
The lead · VAN @ DAL

Dallas climbs out of a 12-point hole against Vancouver

Down 12 after one, the Mavericks won the second quarter 32–24 and the game 92–87. Michael Finley led Dallas with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-40+5DAL AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN3024201387
DAL1832241892
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 3 games: 16, 20, 29DAL29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 3 games: 7, 2, 28DAL28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 3 games: 31, 19, 28VAN28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 3 games: 4, 17, 16VAN16 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
6.61996–97 avg18.7Last 3

18.7 points a game over his last three games, against 6.6 in 1996–97 (30 games). Today: 19 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
39.61996–97 avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.6 in 1996–97 (80 games). Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
6.11996–97 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 1996–97 (31 games). Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Orlando by 34, the widest margin of 11 games.

CLE over IND3LAL over SAC3DAL over VAN5ATL over DET11POR over MIN17TOR over GSW18PHX over UTA22WAS over DEN24SEA over HOU24NYK over BOS32MIL over ORL34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Eddie Jones 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.
Eddie JonesPoints, last 2 games: 18, 35LAL @ SAC · W
26.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 4 games: 13, 15, 19, 29WAS @ DEN · W
19.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 3 games: 16, 20, 29DAL vs VAN · W
21.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 3 games: 31, 19, 28VAN @ DAL · L
26.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 3 games: 7, 2, 28DAL vs VAN · W
12.3 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 3 games: 16, 12, 27SEA vs HOU · W
18.3 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST