FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 13, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed MIA by 9 at halftime and won 69–65.

Final
BOS105
ATL108
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CHH103
DAL83
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +20
Final
POR118
DEN117
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +1
Final
MIN94
IND103
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +9
Final
HOU115
LAC104
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final
DET91
NJN80
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +11
Final
SAC119
NYK111
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +8
Final
CHI120
PHI93
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +30; Q4 CHI +27
Final
ORL105
SAS106
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +1
Final
WSB100
TOR106
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +6
Final
MIA65
VAN69
Q1 VAN -4; Q2 VAN -9; Q3 VAN -5; Q4 VAN +4
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 @ VAN

Vancouver fights back from 9 down against Miami

Final: 69–65, after trailing by 9 at the half. Greg Anthony led Vancouver with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · VAN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9-5+4VAN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2120121265
VAN1715162169
Who led
Greg AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 18, 20, 32, 25, 8, 19, 14, 21VAN21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 12, 26, 19, 12, 8, 20, 20, 8VAN8 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 36, 26, 13, 38, 22, 33, 29, 17MIA17 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 5, 31, 6, 34, 16, 20, 17, 12, 4, 17MIA17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Philadelphia by 27.

POR over DEN1SAS over ORL1ATL over BOS3VAN over MIA4TOR over WSB6SAC over NYK8IND over MIN9HOU over LAC11DET over NJN11CHH over DAL20CHI over PHI27Final 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
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
28.61994–95 avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 1994–95 (48 games). Today: 5 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 48

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: 27, 30, 30, 29, 33, 38, 27, 32, 35, 48CHI @ PHI · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 22, 15, 34, 8, 23, 19, 30, 35ORL @ SAS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 17, 16, 17, 11, 8, 14, 11, 32HOU @ LAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 31, 20, 41, 23, 19, 31, 4, 32SAC @ NYK · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 18, 23, 28, 6, 9, 4, 9, 30SAS vs ORL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 22, 35, 28, 23, 22, 25, 24, 29HOU @ LAC · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 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
Jim JacksonDAL+5.4 23.7 last 10 · 18.3 season
Allan HoustonDET+5.2 23.2 last 10 · 18.0 season
Elliot PerryPHX+4.9 17.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+4.7 20.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.6 16.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Joe DumarsDET−5.5 6.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Benoit BenjaminMIL−4.2 6.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Terry DehereLAC−4.0 6.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chris MullinGSW−3.9 11.2 last 10 · 15.1 season