FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 25, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 88–84.

Final · Box score
Bulls88
Clippers84
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +4
Final · Box score
Bucks100
Magic88
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 Bucks 0; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +12
Final · Box score
Nets92
Jazz108
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +30; Q4 UTA +16
Final · Box score
Wolves98
Bullets105
Q1 WSB +12; Q2 WSB +18; Q3 WSB +14; Q4 WSB +7
On this day · 1995–96Nov 25, 1995: 9 games. Top scorer: Robert Pack (Bullets-Magic), 35 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Clippers

Michael Jordan scores 40 as Chicago beats Clippers

Karl Malone goes for 27 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6-2+4CHI AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1827192488
Clippers2526151884
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44, 40CHI40 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 18, 12, 17, 10, 37, 16, 16, 15CHI15 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Stanley RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 15, 4, 8, 17, 12, 4, 18, 15LAC15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 0, 11, 10, 12, 20, 10, 12, 14LAC14 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wolves-Bullets

Washington leads Minnesota wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 105–98. Best quarter: the second, 34–28. Juwan Howard led Washington with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over LAC4WSB over MIN7MIL over ORL12UTA over NJN16Final margin, points. Pink = WSB over MIN.
The night in charts
Wolves-Bullets combined for 203, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-BulletsWolves 98, Bullets 105
203
Nets-JazzNets 92, Jazz 108
200
Bucks-MagicBucks 100, Magic 88
188
Bulls-ClippersBulls 88, Clippers 84
172
CHI won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Bulls-ClippersBulls 88, Clippers 84
+4 CHI
Wolves-BulletsWolves 98, Bullets 105
+7 WSB
Bucks-MagicBucks 100, Magic 88
+12 MIL
Nets-JazzNets 92, Jazz 108
+16 UTA
Hornacek shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HornacekUTA · 19 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
HowardWSB · 24 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 2 BLK
69% (11-16)
MaloneUTA · 27 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
59% (10-17)
GilliamMIL · 24 PTS, 14 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
MJCHI · 40 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK, 2 AST
54% (14-26)
Final · Bulls-Clippers
Bulls 88Clippers 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1827192488
Clippers2526151884
The story
Scottie Pippen had 15 points and 11 rebounds as Chicago beat Los Angeles 88-84

Loy Vaught led Los Angeles with 14 PTS, 13 REB 15 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 5-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Bulls took the fourth 24-18.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −7−6−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Bullets
Wolves 98Bullets 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1228243498
Bullets24342027105
The story
Washington beat Minnesota 105-98 behind 16 points and 15 rebounds from Chris Webber

Tom Gugliotta paced Minnesota: 25 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST 16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 4-12 FG

The swing

A 24-12 first quarter did the most damage for the Bullets.

WSB lead by quarter
200 +12+18+14+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Jazz
Nets 92Jazz 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2224163092
Jazz30352716108
The story
Jeff Hornacek's 19 points carried Utah past New Jersey, 108-92

For New Jersey, Jayson Williams had 11 REB, 9 PTS, 2 AST 19 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 9-12 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 35-24, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
300 +8+19+30+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.8Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 30.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 28.7 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 26, 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44, 40Bulls-Clippers · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 32, 22, 21, 19, 37, 33, 36, 27Jazz-Nets · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 18, 26, 30, 19, 17, 19, 17, 25Wolves-Bullets · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 14, 15, 17, 25, 14, 22, 11, 25Magic-Bucks · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 13, 16, 14, 11, 27, 13, 15, 24Bucks-Magic · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 15, 22, 14, 19, 15, 18, 23, 24Bullets-Wolves · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST