FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 20, 1995Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed UTA by 16 after the first quarter and won 108–104.

Final
GSW104
DEN109
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +5
Final
MIL77
DET102
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +25
Final
LAL98
IND109
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +11
Final · OT
MIA112
NJN104
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +8
Final
MIN100
ORL107
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +7
Final
UTA104
PHI108
Q1 PHI -16; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +4
Final · OT
WSB104
PHX106
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
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 · UTA @ PHI

Trevor Ruffin drops 32 in 16-point comeback win over Utah

Utah led by 16 after one. Final: 108–104.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-16-6-4+4PHI AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA37222916104
PHI21323124108
Who led
Trevor RuffinPoints, last 4 games: 9, 4, 0, 32PHI32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 26, 21, 13, 21, 20, 26, 6, 18PHI18 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 27, 26, 51, 24, 24, 30, 24, 31UTA31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 11, 25, 12, 5, 13, 10, 24, 22UTA22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Detroit by 25.

PHX over WSB2PHI over UTA4DEN over GSW5ORL over MIN7MIA over NJN8IND over LAL11DET over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Don MacLean leads the day with 38

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.
Don MacLeanPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 8, 17, 13, 20, 19, 14, 26, 38DEN vs GSW · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +26.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GamblePoints, last 10 games: 8, 1, 2, 17, 11, 10, 24, 20, 4, 37MIA @ NJN · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +29.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Trevor RuffinPoints, last 4 games: 9, 4, 0, 32PHI vs UTA · W
11.2 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 38, 23, 28, 23, 26, 16, 18, 32ORL vs MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 27, 26, 51, 24, 24, 30, 24, 31UTA @ PHI · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wayman TisdalePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 6, 8, 8, 4, 14, 8, 30PHX vs WSB · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 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+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.5 31.7 last 10 · 27.2 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.5 16.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kevin GambleMIA+4.1 13.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
George McCloudDAL+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.0 18.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Tim HardawayGSW−3.3 13.7 last 10 · 17.0 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