FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 28, 1996Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 93–82.

Final
PHX82
CHI93
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +11
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 · PHX @ CHI

Michael Jordan scores 31 in Chicago win over Phoenix

Final: 93–82. Michael Jordan added 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5+3+11CHI AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1933161482
CHI2126242293
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 48, 46, 32, 38, 36, 33, 12, 25, 31CHI31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 27, 14, 16, 22, 19, 30, 17, 21CHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 17, 26, 22, 20, 22, 20, 20PHX20 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 20, 18, 18, 18, 12, 17, 16, 16PHX16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 32.6 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists.

Rebounding up
+3.2rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
11.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 46 minutes.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 31

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: 35, 48, 46, 32, 38, 36, 33, 12, 25, 31CHI vs PHX · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 27, 14, 16, 22, 19, 30, 17, 21CHI vs PHX · W
21.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 17, 26, 22, 20, 22, 20, 20PHX @ CHI · L
22.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 20, 18, 18, 18, 12, 17, 16, 16PHX @ CHI · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 12, 16, 12, 9, 10, 17, 18, 13PHX @ CHI · L
13.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 14, 20, 16, 16, 17, 21, 14, 11PHX @ CHI · L
16.5 PPG season to date · −5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
11 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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