FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 31, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIL by 6 after the first quarter and won 81–71.

Final
PHX120
ATL84
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +26; Q4 PHX +36
Final
VAN98
BOS131
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +33
Final
MIL71
CLE81
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +10
Final
UTA98
POR94
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +4
Final
LAC106
SAS115
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +9
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 · MIL @ CLE

Milwaukee's skid reaches four

Cleveland won 81–71; the Bucks fall to 15–26. Terrell Brandon led Cleveland with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-3+8+10CLE AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2511152071
CLE1914262281
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 29, 19, 26, 17, 18, 11, 22, 23CLE23 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 19, 10, 8, 11, 14, 16, 7, 14CLE14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 31, 20, 37, 22, 16, 25, 15, 21MIL21 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 29, 30, 22, 24, 24, 11, 30, 18MIL18 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 24.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · UTA @ POR

Utah beats Portland, 98–94

Utah led 83–63 after three and won by 4. Karl Malone led Utah with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over POR4SAS over LAC9CLE over MIL10BOS over VAN33PHX over ATL36Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over POR.
Top performances

Clifford Robinson leads the day with 33

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.
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 41, 20, 21, 24, 18, 29, 25, 33POR vs UTA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 37, 21, 29, 25, 23, 25, 40, 28UTA @ POR · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 14, 16, 11, 8, 8, 19, 6, 26SAS vs LAC · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Pooh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 21, 8, 11, 7, 4, 11, 17, 24LAC @ SAS · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 2, 12, 8, 12, 14, 7, 26, 24BOS vs VAN · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 29, 19, 26, 17, 18, 11, 22, 23CLE vs MIL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 9 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
Patrick EwingNYK+5.1 27.5 last 10 · 22.4 season
Dell CurryCHH+4.9 18.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+4.8 16.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Gheorghe MuresanWSB+4.5 18.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+4.5 30.1 last 10 · 25.6 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Willie AndersonTOR−5.0 7.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Billy OwensMIA−4.9 10.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Terry PorterMIN−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Elliot PerryPHX−4.8 5.8 last 10 · 10.6 season