FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 23, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 84–72.

Final
ATL84
CLE72
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +12
Final
PHX102
IND117
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI99
NYK79
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +20
Final
PHI90
ORL105
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +15
Final
DAL111
SAC109
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +2
Final
NJN79
TOR86
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +7
Final
POR72
UTA96
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +24
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 · ATL @ CLE

Atlanta climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 9 at the half. Atlanta won it 84–72. Mookie Blaylock led Atlanta with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-9-2+12ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2312242584
CLE2123171172
Who led
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 24, 20, 21, 16, 23, 16, 20, 23ATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 11, 27, 31, 19, 17, 10, 26, 20ATL20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 19, 15, 18, 24, 29, 19, 26, 17CLE17 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Danny FerryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 9, 15, 13, 3, 3, 19, 29, 17CLE17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 24.

DAL over SAC2TOR over NJN7ATL over CLE12IND over PHX15ORL over PHI15CHI over NYK20UTA over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Reggie Miller leads the day with 40

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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 14, 16, 24, 26, 27, 22, 23, 40IND vs PHX · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 31, 4, 32, 21, 38, 22, 21, 36SAC vs DAL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 32, 35, 48, 46, 32, 38, 36, 33CHI @ NYK · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 30, 19, 21, 13, 29, 31, 16, 30DAL @ SAC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 29, 16, 33, 13, 20, 23, 22, 29DAL @ SAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 14, 21, 32, 23, 23, 37, 21, 29UTA vs POR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 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
Jim JacksonDAL+6.3 25.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jason KiddDAL+5.2 20.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Michael JordanCHI+4.8 36.5 last 10 · 31.7 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.6 16.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Joe SmithGSW+4.4 19.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Todd DayBOS−4.1 7.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris MullinGSW−4.0 10.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kevin GambleMIA−4.0 3.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Joe DumarsDET−4.0 7.8 last 10 · 11.8 season