FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 30, 1995Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 124–121.

Final
ATL93
CHI95
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +2
Final · 2OT
POR121
CLE124
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +3
Final
HOU105
DAL102
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +3
Final
PHI100
DEN108
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN +8
Final · OT
CHH100
DET102
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +2
Final
LAC96
MIA105
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +9
Final
WSB96
MIL87
Q1 WSB -1; Q2 WSB -2; Q3 WSB +3; Q4 WSB +9
Final
GSW120
NJN110
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +10
Final · OT
SEA123
PHX112
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +11
Final
MIN84
SAS122
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +38
Final
LAL82
UTA99
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +17
Final
BOS95
VAN103
Q1 VAN +6; Q2 VAN +8; Q3 VAN +4; Q4 VAN +8
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 @ CLE

Bobby Phills scores 43 as Cleveland beats Portland

Cleveland won 124–121. Bobby Phills: 43 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-7-5+300+3CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
POR30222127147121
CLE232429241410124
Who led
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 21, 14, 18, 13, 24, 12, 28, 43CLE43 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 23, 19, 20, 32, 14, 21, 21, 24CLE24 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 18, 15, 30, 19, 27, 15, 16, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 24, 25, 9, 19, 26, 30, 26, 20POR20 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Minnesota by 38.

CHI over ATL2DET over CHH2CLE over POR3HOU over DAL3DEN over PHI8VAN over BOS8MIA over LAC9WSB over MIL9GSW over NJN10SEA over PHX11UTA over LAL17SAS over MIN38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 2 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
32.61994–95 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.6 in 1994–95 (45 games). Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Bobby Phills leads the day with 43

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.
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 21, 14, 18, 13, 24, 12, 28, 43CLE vs POR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 6, 13, 20, 23, 24, 22, 20, 10, 38CHH @ DET · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 37, 31, 30, 27, 30, 18, 22, 35HOU @ DAL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 7, 8, 22, 8, 22, 24, 20, 35SEA @ PHX · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 5, 20, 14, 19, 5, 31, 6, 34MIA vs LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 20, 37, 32, 27, 30, 30, 29, 33CHI vs ATL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 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
George McCloudDAL+6.4 21.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Bobby PhillsCLE+5.0 21.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Scottie PippenCHI+4.5 26.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Tim HardawayGSW−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Richard DumasPHI−4.0 4.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Wesley PersonPHX−3.9 9.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.7 9.5 last 10 · 13.2 season