FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 5, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
MIA90
BOS74
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +16
Final · Box score
DAL103
CHH110
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +7
Final · Box score
ORL81
CHI94
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
IND99
DET87
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +12
Final · Box score
HOU124
LAC110
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +14
Final · Box score
GSW96
NJN112
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +28; Q4 NJN +16
Final · Box score
ATL93
PHI88
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +5
Final · Box score
VAN79
SAS87
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +8
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 5, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Walt Williams (TOR vs DAL), 34 points.
The lead · ATL @ PHI

Atlanta makes it four straight

Atlanta beat Philadelphia 93–88 and moved to 4–0. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+9+17+5ATL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2727231693
PHI2223152888
Who led
Steven SmithPoints, last 4 games: 22, 17, 27, 22ATL22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 4 games: 13, 18, 11, 20ATL20 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 13, 21PHI21 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 3 games: 15, 9, 19PHI19 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.7points, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
7.61996–97 avg21.3Last 3

21.3 points a game over his last three games, against 7.6 in 1996–97 (58 games). Today: 26 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
28.91996–97 avg8.0Last 2

8.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.9 in 1996–97 (65 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
14.91996–97 avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 1996–97 (32 games). Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DAL @ CHH

Charlotte leads Dallas wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 110–103. Best quarter: the second, 31–31. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over PHI5CHH over DAL7SAS over VAN8IND over DET12CHI over ORL13HOU over LAC14MIA over BOS16NJN over GSW16Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over DAL.
Top performances

Clyde Drexler leads the day with 43

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.
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 4 games: 17, 12, 9, 43HOU @ LAC · W
20.2 PPG season to date
43 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 4 games: 28, 4, 2, 34ORL @ CHI · L
17.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 4 games: 22, 19, 18, 32MIA @ BOS · W
22.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 4 games: 30, 16, 29, 29CHI vs ORL · W
26.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 4 games: 25, 34, 14, 29DET vs IND · L
25.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 4 games: 11, 10, 28, 28CHH vs DAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST