FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 2, 1995Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CLE by 15 at halftime and won 79–78.

Final
MIN105
DEN109
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +4
Final
ATL96
DET104
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +8
Final
IND97
GSW100
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +3
Final
CHH98
HOU113
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +15
Final
CHI104
LAC98
Q1 CHI +18; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +6
Final
CLE78
NJN79
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -15; Q3 NJN -7; Q4 NJN +1
Final
NYK94
PHI85
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +9
Final
ORL106
SAC109
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +3
Final
PHX93
SAS101
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +8
Final
BOS107
WSB135
Q1 WSB +1; Q2 WSB +10; Q3 WSB +17; Q4 WSB +28
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CLE @ NJN

New Jersey erases 15-point lead, steals one from Cleveland

Cleveland led 50–35 at halftime. New Jersey won the second half 44–28 to take it 79–78. Jayson Williams led New Jersey with 17 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-15-7+1NJN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2624151378
NJN1817232179
Who led
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 5, 9, 9, 4, 15, 12, 7, 17NJN17 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 10, 14, 4, 19, 12, 8, 23, 16NJN16 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 13, 12, 20, 22, 15, 17, 16, 17CLE17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 14, 15, 14, 17, 19, 21, 11, 15CLE15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bullets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Washington beat Boston by 28.

NJN over CLE1GSW over IND3SAC over ORL3DEN over MIN4CHI over LAC6DET over ATL8SAS over PHX8NYK over PHI9HOU over CHH15WSB over BOS28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.4Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Clyde Drexler leads the day with 41

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.
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 18, 24, 11, 18, 22, 27, 22, 41HOU vs CHH · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 26, 30, 27, 26, 11, 20, 33, 37SAS vs PHX · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 18, 36, 38, 34, 22, 33, 29, 37CHI @ LAC · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 31, 20, 20, 16, 16, 16, 18, 34PHX @ SAS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 19, 24, 35, 24, 27, 28, 21, 28IND @ GSW · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 24, 15, 21, 23, 8, 5, 20, 27SAC vs ORL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST