FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 22, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 5 at halftime and won 108–104.

Final · Box score
WAS101
CLE110
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +9
Final · Box score
MIL83
DAL62
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +21
Final · Box score
SEA84
DEN80
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +4
Final · Box score
ATL85
DET87
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +2
Final · Box score
GSW84
HOU90
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +6
Final · Box score
CHH95
IND94
Q1 CHH +12; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +1
Final · Box score
TOR104
MIA108
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +4
Final · Box score
POR87
NJN93
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +6
Final · Box score
ORL108
PHI94
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +21; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +14
Final · Box score
SAS74
UTA103
Q1 UTA +20; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +29
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 22, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC vs MIA), 32 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Ike Austin scores 33 in Miami win over Toronto

Final: 108–104. Ike Austin added 22 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-5-3+4MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR29222231104
MIA26202438108
Who led
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 21, 12, 24, 16, 17, 26, 21, 33MIA33 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Dan MajerlePoints, last 6 games: 4, 8, 2, 3, 0, 16MIA16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 12, 14, 13, 3, 17, 30, 12, 28TOR28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 12, 20, 10, 17, 10, 21, 25, 21TOR21 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 11 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
37.01996–97 avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.0 in 1996–97 (79 games). Today: 16 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 29.

CHH over IND1DET over ATL2SEA over DEN4MIA over TOR4HOU over GSW6NJN over POR6CLE over WAS9ORL over PHI14MIL over DAL21UTA over SAS29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Ike Austin 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.
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 21, 12, 24, 16, 17, 26, 21, 33MIA vs TOR · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 15, 17, 20, 8, 14, 17, 22, 31CLE vs WAS · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 4, 24, 10, 14, 25, 20, 28, 28GSW @ HOU · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 12, 14, 13, 3, 17, 30, 12, 28TOR @ MIA · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 14, 17, 21, 24, 24, 8, 14, 27WAS @ CLE · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 17 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 12, 17, 7, 18, 14, 24, 16, 25ATL @ DET · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST