FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 4, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WSB trailed ATL by 13 at halftime and won 113–110.

Final
WSB113
ATL110
Q1 WSB -1; Q2 WSB -13; Q3 WSB -9; Q4 WSB +3
Final
MIA92
CHI100
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DEN90
GSW98
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +8
Final
BOS100
ORL98
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -10; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS +2
Final
UTA100
PHX107
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CLE98
TOR77
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +21
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 · WSB @ ATL

Washington climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 13 at the half. Washington won it 113–110. Juwan Howard led Washington with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · WSB 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 Q3Final0-1-13-9+3WSB AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB26273327113
ATL27392915110
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 19, 27, 20, 21, 29, 20, 32, 23WSB23 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Brent PricePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 10, 2, 11, 9, 11, 6, 9, 22WSB22 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 14, 13, 22, 10, 22, 10, 19, 28ATL28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Grant LongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 16, 17, 8, 9, 12, 10, 14, 18ATL18 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ ORL

Boston fights back from 10 down against Orlando

Final: 100–98, after trailing by 10 at the half. David Wesley led Boston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs ORL
David Wesley · BOSHorace Grant · ORLPTS2224REB717AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 38, 20, 36, 36, 13, 21, 32, 40CHI vs MIA · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 21, 18, 12, 23, 24, 16, 17, 34CHI vs MIA · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 17, 14, 33, 14, 11, 19, 17, 31PHX vs UTA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 14, 13, 22, 10, 22, 10, 19, 28ATL vs WSB · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 26, 26, 19, 10, 12, 23, 29, 24ORL vs BOS · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 6, 14, 8, 14, 5, 20, 5, 24DEN @ GSW · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 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
David WesleyBOS+8.1 19.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Toni KukocCHI+7.9 20.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Chris GatlingMIA+7.6 18.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+6.6 33.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−7.7 14.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.9 3.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 13.8 last 10 · 20.2 season
Jim JacksonDAL−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season