FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 8, 1996Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WSB91
CLE109
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +18
Final
MIA92
UTA94
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +2
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 · MIA @ UTA

Karl Malone scores 32, Utah holds off Miami

Final: 94–92. Karl Malone added 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+20+2UTA AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2231192092
UTA3223172294
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 22, 47, 21, 24, 29, 14, 21, 32UTA32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 10, 13, 13, 17, 18, 21, 7, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 23, 21, 28, 36, 26, 13, 38, 22MIA22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bimbo ColesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 19, 4, 19, 9, 11, 7, 10, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · WSB @ CLE

Cleveland never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–91. Bobby Phills led Cleveland with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs WSB
Bobby Phills · CLEJuwan Howard · WSBPTS2523REB79AST57Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
16.7Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 22, 47, 21, 24, 29, 14, 21, 32UTA vs MIA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 10, 13, 13, 17, 18, 21, 7, 27UTA vs MIA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 24, 12, 28, 43, 19, 15, 20, 25CLE vs WSB · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 21, 24, 27, 15, 19, 27, 6, 23WSB @ CLE · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 14, 21, 21, 24, 27, 22, 18, 23CLE vs WSB · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 24, 27, 16, 18, 20, 7, 23, 23CLE vs WSB · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Bobby PhillsCLE+4.7 21.7 last 10 · 17.0 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−4.5 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