FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 3, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by SAS (vs UTA) and ORL (vs TOR).

Final · OT
POR114
BOS110
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
HOU86
CHI100
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +14
Final
PHI111
GSW122
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +11
Final
IND110
LAC94
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +16
Final
DET82
MIL96
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +14
Final
TOR110
ORL121
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +11
Final
UTA97
SAS111
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +14
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 @ ORL

Anfernee Hardaway scores 34 in Orlando win over Toronto

Final: 121–110. Anfernee Hardaway added 1 rebound and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+2+11ORL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR33252626110
ORL28322635121
Who led
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 16, 18, 32, 19, 22, 22, 15, 34ORL34 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 8 games: 26, 32, 30, 28, 18, 22, 25, 26ORL26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Alvin RobertsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 9, 20, 10, 14, 4, 17, 12, 27TOR27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 15, 21, 19, 20, 25, 21, 27, 23TOR23 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Second story · UTA @ SAS

San Antonio makes it three straight

San Antonio beat Utah 111–97 and moved to 20–8. David Robinson led San Antonio with 31 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
W@ DAL126–111Wvs SAC122–106Wvs POR111–103Wvs DEN114–96Wvs HOU110–95W@ PHX105–100L@ SAC98–115W@ LAL107–99Wvs MIN122–84Wvs UTA111–97SAS: last 10 games through Jan 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 14 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 37, 32, 27, 30, 30, 29, 33, 38CHI vs HOU · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 16, 18, 32, 19, 22, 22, 15, 34ORL vs TOR · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 31, 25, 18, 25, 25, 29, 23, 31SAS vs UTA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 9, 21, 22, 12, 4, 18, 23, 28SAS vs UTA · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 30, 19, 27, 15, 16, 22, 22, 27POR @ BOS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 18 AST
Alvin RobertsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 9, 20, 10, 14, 4, 17, 12, 27TOR @ ORL · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+6.1 21.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin GambleMIA+4.4 13.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Scottie PippenCHI+3.7 25.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.0 15.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−4.7 16.6 last 10 · 21.3 season
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufDEN−4.5 15.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Wesley PersonPHX−3.9 9.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Richard DumasPHI−3.8 3.9 last 10 · 7.7 season