FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 23, 1995Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 9 at halftime and won 103–91.

Final
MIA75
CHH87
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +12
Final
UTA86
CHI100
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +14
Final
IND96
CLE97
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +1
Final
LAC107
DEN92
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +15
Final
ORL94
DET79
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +15
Final
ATL111
MIL115
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +4
Final
DAL98
MIN111
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +13
Final
TOR91
NYK103
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +12
Final
NJN98
PHI85
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +13
Final
LAL102
POR99
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +3
Final
HOU95
SAS110
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +15
Final
WSB100
SEA118
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +18
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 · TOR @ NYK

Patrick Ewing goes for 40 in New York win over Toronto

New York won 103–91.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-9+5+12NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2631142091
NYK26222827103
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 29, 19, 16, 30, 21, 18, 13, 40NYK40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 20, 25, 7, 8, 7, 15, 7, 14NYK14 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 24, 18, 13, 15, 21, 19, 20, 25TOR25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Willie AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 18, 6, 20, 4, 16, 13, 8, 20TOR20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ CLE

Cleveland holds off Indiana, 97–96

Cleveland led 78–72 after three and held on to win by one. Chris Mills led Cleveland with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over IND1LAL over POR3MIL over ATL4CHH over MIA12NYK over TOR12MIN over DAL13NJN over PHI13CHI over UTA14LAC over DEN15ORL over DET15SAS over HOU15SEA over WSB18Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 2 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
26.61994–95 avg16.0Last 2

16.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.6 in 1994–95 (80 games). Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Patrick Ewing leads the day with 40

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.
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 29, 19, 16, 30, 21, 18, 13, 40NYK vs TOR · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 10, 17, 26, 16, 13, 11, 20, 33HOU @ SAS · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 45, 36, 22, 20, 37, 32, 27, 30CHI vs UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 39, 30, 22, 8, 14, 5, 19, 30MIL vs ATL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 28, 26, 30, 33, 37, 13, 25, 28CHI vs UTA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 8, 10, 6, 13, 30, 15, 13, 28PHI vs NJN · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
George McCloudDAL+4.9 19.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin GambleMIA+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Scottie PippenCHI+4.3 26.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.0 17.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Wesley PersonPHX−3.3 10.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Steven SmithATL−3.3 14.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Greg MinorBOS−3.3 5.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
John SalleyTOR−3.1 3.3 last 10 · 6.4 season