FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 2, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MIL by 12 after the first quarter and won 90–86.

Final · Box score
SAC102
CHH121
Q1 CHH -7; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +19
Final · Box score
ATL112
DAL79
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +33
Final · Box score
DEN101
HOU112
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +11
Final · Box score
PHX90
MIL86
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +4
Final · Box score
ORL89
POR88
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +1
Final · Box score
NYK84
SAS90
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +6
Final · Box score
SEA78
WAS95
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +17
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 · 1996–97Dec 2, 1996: 3 games. Top scorer: Charles Barkley (HOU @ TOR), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIL

Phoenix fights back from 12 down against Milwaukee

Final: 90–86, after trailing by 12 after one. George McCloud led Phoenix with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-12-7+4+4PHX AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1729242090
MIL2924132086
Who led
George McCloudPoints, last 7 games: 3, 3, 0, 3, 13, 5, 16PHX16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 6, 21, 5, 8, 16, 6, 10, 14PHX14 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 16, 21, 15, 18, 14, 13, 19, 23MIL23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 18, 17, 18, 16, 25, 29, 18, 17MIL17 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Dallas by 33, the widest margin of 7 games.

ORL over POR1PHX over MIL4SAS over NYK6HOU over DEN11WAS over SEA17CHH over SAC19ATL over DAL33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Isaiah Rider 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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 12, 35, 19, 19, 18, 28, 20, 33POR vs ORL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 23, 7, 14, 22, 4, 19, 31, 32DEN @ HOU · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 36, 27, 26, 22, 21, 14, 19, 30CHH vs SAC · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 20, 17, 10, 15, 19, 19, 13, 29ORL @ POR · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 21, 21, 16, 19, 5, 23, 15, 28ATL @ DAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 17, 12, 18, 14, 19, 27, 21, 25NYK @ SAS · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST