FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 5, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 5 at halftime and won 96–85.

Final · Box score
MIL62
CHI84
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +22
Final · Box score
IND96
DEN85
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +11
Final · Box score
SEA94
DET89
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +5
Final · Box score
ORL89
GSW104
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +15
Final · Box score
SAS88
LAL98
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final · Box score
BOS97
MIA117
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +20
Final · Box score
SAC90
MIN101
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +11
Final · Box score
PHI88
NJN107
Q1 NJN +24; Q2 NJN +21; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +19
Final · Box score
TOR91
PHX110
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +19
Final · Box score
UTA77
POR94
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +17
Final · Box score
CLE107
VAN98
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +9
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 5, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Bryant Stith (DEN vs POR), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ DEN

Denver's skid reaches three

Indiana won 96–85; the Nuggets fall to 1–15. Rik Smits led Indiana with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-5+3+11IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2320262796
DEN2226181985
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 19, 12, 19, 17, 18, 25, 15, 24IND24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 7, 10, 23, 21, 24, 17, 27, 19IND19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 18, 12, 8, 9, 14, 6, 15, 22DEN22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Eric WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 2, 0, 22, 11, 5, 14, 11, 13DEN13 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Chicago by 22.

SEA over DET5CLE over VAN9LAL over SAS10IND over DEN11MIN over SAC11GSW over ORL15POR over UTA17NJN over PHI19PHX over TOR19MIA over BOS20CHI over MIL22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg11.9Last 3

11.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 31

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 22, 9, 19, 21, 21, 22, 23, 31SEA @ DET · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 17, 22, 31, 18, 33, 14, 24, 30CLE @ VAN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 17, 24, 3, 10, 8, 14, 10, 29ORL @ GSW · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 23, 22, 31, 21, 16, 25, 26, 29SAC @ MIN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 1, 15, 16, 15, 14, 25, 15, 24, 23, 28GSW vs ORL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 17, 19, 21, 19, 24, 20, 27, 27DET vs SEA · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST