FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 7, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–93.

Final
DAL117
BOS96
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +21
Final
DEN96
LAL93
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MIN97
POR113
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +16
Final
LAC101
VAN93
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +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 · DEN @ LAL

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf hits seven threes, Denver tops Lakers

33 points for Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Final: 96–93.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-6-3+5+3DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2225252496
LAL2822172693
Who led
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 21, 13, 7, 22, 8, 26, 15, 33DEN33 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 15, 17, 4, 12, 21, 11, 8, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 13, 19, 16, 9, 11, 10, 10, 21LAL21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 8, 8, 14, 14, 11, 27, 26, 19LAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Second story · LAC @ VAN

Clippers lead Vancouver wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 101–93. Best quarter: the first, 33–31. Malik Sealy led Clippers with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over LAL3LAC over VAN8POR over MIN16DAL over BOS21Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 32.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Clifford Robinson 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.
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 26, 30, 26, 20, 22, 23, 29, 41POR vs MIN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 21, 13, 7, 22, 8, 26, 15, 33DEN @ LAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 22, 31, 22, 13, 23, 33, 32, 30DAL @ BOS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 9, 9, 21, 16, 23, 13, 10, 29DAL @ BOS · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 19, 23, 13, 10, 26, 24, 20, 28BOS vs DAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 22, 16, 12, 22, 17, 21, 21, 28DAL @ BOS · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+5.3 15.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Jim JacksonDAL+5.0 23.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Elliot PerryPHX+4.6 15.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+4.3 20.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.5 15.6 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cedric CeballosLAL−4.2 19.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−3.8 20.9 last 10 · 24.7 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.7 7.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.7 9.0 last 10 · 12.7 season