FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 29, 1995Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed POR by 4 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
GSW117
ATL96
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +21
Final
POR99
CHH102
Q1 CHH -2; Q2 CHH -4; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +3
Final
IND93
CHI120
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +27
Final
LAC98
ORL122
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +24
Final
DEN92
PHX103
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +11
Final
PHI97
SAC117
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +20
Final
BOS85
SEA124
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +39
Final · OT
NYK120
WSB127
Q1 WSB +7; Q2 WSB +11; Q3 WSB +13; Q4 WSB 0; OT1 WSB +7
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 · POR @ CHH

Charlotte wins a tight one over Portland

102–99. Neither team led by more than 9 at any break. Scott Burrell led Charlotte with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-2-4+9+3CHH AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2630232099
CHH24283614102
Who led
Scott BurrellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 26, 7, 18, 5, 11, 20, 23, 20CHH20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 33, 33, 31, 19, 31, 15, 29, 18CHH18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 19, 24, 25, 9, 19, 26, 30, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 17, 7, 13, 20, 13, 5, 9, 21POR21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ ORL

Orlando routs Clippers by 24

Orlando led by 8 at halftime and won 122–98. Shaquille O'Neal led Orlando with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over POR3WSB over NYK7PHX over DEN11SAC over PHI20GSW over ATL21ORL over LAC24CHI over IND27SEA over BOS39Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 17, 22, 11, 19, 23, 10, 7, 32GSW @ ATL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 17, 21, 11, 9, 8, 12, 8, 30NYK @ WSB · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 45, 36, 22, 20, 37, 32, 27, 30, 30, 29CHI vs IND · W
29.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 26, 19, 27, 23, 20, 21, 24, 27WSB vs NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 13, 14, 28, 20, 22, 27, 22, 26SEA vs BOS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 19, 24, 25, 9, 19, 26, 30, 26POR @ CHH · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 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+6.5 15.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
George McCloudDAL+5.4 20.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Scottie PippenCHI+4.9 26.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin GambleMIA+4.4 13.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Tim HardawayGSW−5.0 11.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Richard DumasPHI−4.8 3.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufDEN−4.4 15.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Wesley PersonPHX−4.4 8.8 last 10 · 13.2 season