FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 20, 1995Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Rockets98
Celtics93
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 Rockets 0; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +5
Final · Box score
Warriors95
Magic101
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +6
Final · Box score
Clippers94
Blazers113
Q1 Blazers 0; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
Nets79
Jazz105
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +22; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +26
The lead · Rockets-Celtics

Houston extends win streak to 5

Robert Horry goes for 16 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+100+1+5HOU AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3121232398
Celtics2131221993
Who led
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 9 games: 16, 24, 26, 22, 21, 17, 24, 20, 24HOU24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 8 games: 16, 21, 26, 10, 14, 18, 21, 18HOU18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Greg MinorPoints, last 6 games: 8, 4, 4, 18, 10, 21BOS21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 8 games: 18, 14, 21, 16, 13, 15, 21, 13BOS13 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Warriors-Magic

Orlando never trails at a break against Golden State

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 101–95. Anfernee Hardaway led Orlando with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over BOS5ORL over GSW6POR over LAC19UTA over NJN26Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over GSW.
The night in charts
Clippers-Blazers combined for 207, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-BlazersClippers 94, Blazers 113
207
Warriors-MagicWarriors 95, Magic 101
196
Rockets-CelticsRockets 98, Celtics 93
191
Nets-JazzNets 79, Jazz 105
184
HOU won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Rockets-CelticsRockets 98, Celtics 93
+5 HOU
Warriors-MagicWarriors 95, Magic 101
+6 ORL
Clippers-BlazersClippers 94, Blazers 113
+19 POR
Nets-JazzNets 79, Jazz 105
+26 UTA
Strickland shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
StricklandPOR · 27 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
MullinGSW · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
Chris MorrisUTA · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
MinorBOS · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
59% (10-17)
SeikalyGSW · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
56% (9-16)
Final · Rockets-Celtics
Rockets 98Celtics 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3121232398
Celtics2131221993
The story
Hakeem Olajuwon's 24 points carried Houston past Boston, 98-93

For Boston, Dino Radja had 17 REB, 13 PTS, 2 AST 24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 10-26 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 31-21, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +100+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Magic
Warriors 95Magic 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors1929202795
Magic24282029101
The story
Dennis Scott had 27 points as Orlando beat Golden State 101-95

Joe Smith led Golden State with 12 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 5 STL, 4 REB, 2 AST · 11-20 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Magic won the first 24-19, their biggest quarter edge.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +5+4+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Blazers
Clippers 94Blazers 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2729191994
Blazers27342824113
The story
Portland beat Los Angeles 113-94 behind 27 points from Rod Strickland

Malik Sealy paced Los Angeles: 16 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 27 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 11-15 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

A 28-19 third quarter did the most damage for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 0+5+14+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Terry Dehere topped the game at 45.0 FPTS: 17 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anfernee Hardaway leads the day with 29

Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 25, 42, 21, 33, 36, 30, 18, 29Magic-Warriors · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 7, 25, 24, 29, 25, 23, 10, 27Blazers-Clippers · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 27, 3, 21, 32, 30, 21, 16, 21, 22, 27Magic-Warriors · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 24, 30, 13, 39, 36, 10, 30, 25Blazers-Clippers · W
26.5 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 9 games: 16, 24, 26, 22, 21, 17, 24, 20, 24Rockets-Celtics · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chris MullinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 7, 8, 23, 16, 13, 11, 23, 23Warriors-Magic · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST