FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 19, 1995Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
DAL101
CHI114
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MIN95
CLE100
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +5
Final
CHH99
GSW102
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +3
Final
PHX96
HOU103
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
WSB108
LAC104
Q1 WSB +4; Q2 WSB 0; Q3 WSB -4; Q4 WSB +4
Final
LAL109
MIL105
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +4
Final
MIA70
NYK89
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +19
Final
POR103
SAS111
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DET94
TOR82
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +12
Final
SEA93
VAN94
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN -7; Q3 VAN -4; Q4 VAN +1
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 · MIN @ CLE

Terrell Brandon scores 32, Cleveland rallies past Minnesota

Cleveland trailed by 8 at the half and won 100–95.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-8-6+5CLE AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2631231595
CLE24252526100
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 27, 22, 18, 14, 23, 19, 20, 32CLE32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 22, 11, 21, 12, 20, 26, 13, 24CLE24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 11, 18, 26, 20, 18, 22, 23, 19MIN19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 10, 6, 7, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 19.

VAN over SEA1GSW over CHH3WSB over LAC4LAL over MIL4CLE over MIN5HOU over PHX7SAS over POR8DET over TOR12CHI over DAL13NYK over MIA19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Bison Dele leads the day with 33

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.
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 17, 10, 7, 9, 15, 14, 18, 33LAC vs WSB · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 27, 22, 18, 14, 23, 19, 20, 32CLE vs MIN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 22, 28, 45, 36, 22, 20, 37, 32CHI vs DAL · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 25, 30, 34, 21, 31, 15, 37, 31HOU vs PHX · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 24, 31, 30, 45, 23, 33, 30, 31SAS vs POR · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 22, 21, 20, 23, 12, 27, 31, 27SAS vs POR · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.5 31.7 last 10 · 27.2 season
George McCloudDAL+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+3.7 27.4 last 10 · 23.7 season
Terry DehereLAC+3.3 15.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.1 18.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Greg MinorBOS−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jason KiddDAL−3.1 10.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
John SalleyTOR−3.0 3.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Steven SmithATL−2.9 15.2 last 10 · 18.1 season