FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 16, 1995Regular season · 8 games
← Dec 15CalendarDec 17 →

8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DEN by 7 at halftime and won 95–86.

Final
DEN86
ATL95
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +9
Final
LAL88
CHI108
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +20
Final · OT
PHX111
DAL108
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +3
Final
CHH109
LAC99
Q1 CHH +12; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +19; Q4 CHH +10
Final
UTA83
MIA74
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final
DET82
NYK86
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +4
Final
SAC106
SAS122
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +16
Final
GSW116
VAN85
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +34; Q4 GSW +31
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 · DEN @ ATL

Atlanta tops Denver in Atlanta

Final: 95–86. Mookie Blaylock led Atlanta with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-70+9ATL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2031112486
ATL2321183395
Who led
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 14, 8, 11, 9, 6, 23, 10, 28ATL28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Andrew LangPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 9, 10, 19, 12, 12, 11, 7, 18ATL18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 22, 11, 13, 21, 7, 17, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 20, 11, 20, 23, 19, 10, 11, 20DEN20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Vancouver by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

PHX over DAL3NYK over DET4ATL over DEN9UTA over MIA9CHH over LAC10SAS over SAC16CHI over LAL20GSW over VAN31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 36 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

George McCloud leads the day with 36

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.
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 7, 14, 9, 10, 19, 30, 20, 36DAL vs PHX · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 14, 21, 22, 19, 28, 26, 30, 33CHI vs LAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 22, 22, 21, 20, 23, 12, 27, 31SAS vs SAC · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 16, 25, 31, 22, 19, 33, 33, 31CHH @ LAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 37, 24, 31, 30, 45, 23, 33, 30SAS vs SAC · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 25, 27, 27, 26, 51, 24, 24, 30UTA @ MIA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Bryant ReevesVAN+4.4 12.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
David RobinsonSAS+3.6 30.6 last 10 · 27.0 season
Terry DehereLAC+3.5 15.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Clyde DrexlerHOU+3.5 24.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Jason KiddDAL−3.1 10.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Steven SmithATL−2.9 15.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−2.8 23.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Adam KeefeUTA−2.8 4.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cedric CeballosLAL−2.5 22.7 last 10 · 25.2 season