FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 24, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 85–84.

Final
LAL124
BOS107
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +17
Final
WSB113
CHH127
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +14
Final
VAN84
CHI104
Q1 CHI +15; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +20
Final
UTA100
GSW89
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +11
Final
NYK88
MIA79
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +9
Final
IND97
MIL89
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +8
Final
PHX101
MIN91
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +10
Final
HOU98
NJN89
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CLE91
PHI88
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
DET85
SAS84
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +1
Final
DEN79
SEA86
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +7
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 · DET @ SAS

Detroit holds off San Antonio, 85–84

Detroit led 67–63 after three and held on to win by one. Grant Hill led Detroit with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET 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+2+4+1DET AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1825241885
SAS2417222184
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 25, 21, 26, 21, 19, 20, 24, 21DET21 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 10, 4, 8, 0, 11, 14, 4, 15DET15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 14, 13, 14, 16, 11, 8, 8, 19SAS19 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 28, 27, 27, 37, 21, 23, 25, 17SAS17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIN

Phoenix beats Minnesota, 101–91

Phoenix led 77–65 after three and won by 10. Charles Barkley led Phoenix with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over SAS1CLE over PHI3SEA over DEN7IND over MIL8NYK over MIA9HOU over NJN9PHX over MIN10UTA over GSW11CHH over WSB14LAL over BOS17CHI over VAN20Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 17 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Patrick Ewing leads the day with 37

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.
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 37, 29, 13, 22, 41, 23, 10, 37NYK @ MIA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 29, 28, 37, 51, 30, 20, 36HOU @ NJN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 29, 20, 27, 14, 16, 22, 19, 30CHI vs VAN · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 25, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 17, 28BOS vs LAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 26, 21, 12, 13, 23, 28, 25, 28CHH vs WSB · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 24, 26, 27, 22, 23, 40, 27IND @ MIL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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+6.3 25.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jason KiddDAL+5.2 20.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.6 16.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+4.4 30.2 last 10 · 25.8 season
Chris ChildsNJN+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tim HardawayGSW−5.1 9.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cedric CeballosLAL−4.6 18.5 last 10 · 23.1 season
Jerry StackhousePHI−4.2 14.6 last 10 · 18.8 season
Benoit BenjaminMIL−4.2 6.5 last 10 · 10.7 season