FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 27, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed GSW by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–91.

Final
PHI105
CHH110
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +5
Final
MIA102
CLE85
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +17
Final
POR112
DAL103
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +9
Final
TOR82
DEN93
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +11
Final
DET85
HOU105
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +20
Final
ORL79
IND102
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +23
Final
SEA96
LAC87
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +9
Final
LAL100
NJN98
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +2
Final
MIN95
NYK104
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +9
Final
GSW91
UTA108
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +17
Final
VAN77
WSB102
Q1 WSB +4; Q2 WSB +4; Q3 WSB +18; Q4 WSB +25
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 · GSW @ UTA

Utah handles Golden State by 17

The Jazz won the third quarter 37–21. Final: 108–91. Karl Malone led Utah with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-4+12+17UTA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2328211991
UTA19283724108
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 23, 23, 37, 21, 29, 25, 23, 25UTA25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Antoine CarrPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 2, 0, 10, 11, 11, 11, 7, 15UTA15 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 25, 26, 19, 17, 20, 13, 26, 21GSW21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 13, 18, 18, 19, 21, 3, 11, 11GSW11 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · TOR @ DEN

Denver takes care of Toronto

An 11-point win, 93–82. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf led Denver with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NJN2CHH over PHI5POR over DAL9SEA over LAC9NYK over MIN9DEN over TOR11MIA over CLE17UTA over GSW17HOU over DET20IND over ORL23WSB over VAN25Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over TOR.
Top performances

Rex Chapman leads the day with 29

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.
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 8, 18, 20, 6, 25, 11, 7, 29MIA @ CLE · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 23, 29, 41, 20, 21, 24, 18, 29POR @ DAL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 28, 15, 29, 25, 15, 10, 31, 29LAL @ NJN · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 29, 13, 22, 41, 23, 10, 37, 28NYK vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 26, 21, 19, 20, 24, 21, 13, 26DET @ HOU · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 23, 23, 37, 21, 29, 25, 23, 25UTA vs GSW · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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
Dell CurryCHH+6.3 20.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Eddie JonesLAL+5.5 17.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jason KiddDAL+5.0 20.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+4.7 15.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Latrell SprewellGSW+4.7 21.8 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tim HardawayGSW−5.1 9.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Terry PorterMIN−4.9 4.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Benoit BenjaminMIL−4.6 5.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Willie AndersonTOR−4.5 8.4 last 10 · 12.9 season