FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 5, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 94–88.

Final
CLE77
BOS93
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +16
Final · OT
MIN119
GSW122
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +3
Final
PHX88
LAC94
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +6
Final
UTA100
LAL116
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +16
Final
POR96
MIL113
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +17
Final
DAL99
NJN107
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +8
Final
SEA93
ORL115
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +26; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +22
Final
IND105
SAS92
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +26; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +13
Final · OT
PHI102
VAN103
Q1 VAN +11; Q2 VAN +13; Q3 VAN +13; Q4 VAN 0; OT1 VAN +1
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 · PHX @ LAC

Phoenix's skid reaches three

Clippers won 94–88; the Suns fall to 13–16. Pooh Richardson led Clippers with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+1-5+1+6LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2324212088
LAC2418272594
Who led
Pooh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 21, 17, 4, 18, 12, 12, 9, 20LAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 4, 15, 22, 25, 8, 21, 24, 18LAC18 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 26, 24, 29, 25, 19, 30, 17, 26PHX26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Wayman TisdalePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 30, 13, 0, 12, 26, 5, 6, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 29 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Orlando by 22.

VAN over PHI1GSW over MIN3LAC over PHX6NJN over DAL8IND over SAS13BOS over CLE16LAL over UTA16MIL over POR17ORL over SEA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 41

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 22, 14, 22, 22, 20, 10, 18, 41MIL vs POR · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 26, 32, 30, 28, 18, 22, 25, 26, 38ORL vs SEA · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 18, 20, 12, 13, 12, 25, 19, 36MIN @ GSW · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 8, 22, 31, 22, 13, 23, 33, 32DAL @ NJN · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Greg AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 31, 4, 18, 9, 18, 20, 32VAN vs PHI · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 2, 7, 11, 17, 8, 23, 21, 31GSW vs MIN · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 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
Kurt ThomasMIA+4.9 15.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
George McCloudDAL+4.9 20.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+4.7 14.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Elliot PerryPHX+4.6 15.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.4 15.9 last 10 · 20.3 season
Larry JohnsonCHH−4.4 18.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufDEN−3.7 16.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.6 7.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−3.6 8.8 last 10 · 12.4 season