FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 11, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 3 at halftime and won 101–97.

Final
DEN109
HOU113
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +4
Final
GSW111
LAC101
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MIL105
MIA115
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +10
Final
CHI113
NJN100
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +13
Final
CLE101
NYK97
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +4
Final
DAL99
POR114
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +15
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 · CLE @ NYK

Danny Ferry scores 32 in Cleveland win over New York

Final: 101–97. Danny Ferry added 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-30+4CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE20223425101
NYK1827312197
Who led
Danny FerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 6, 12, 6, 22, 7, 17, 6, 32CLE32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 17, 20, 20, 23, 19, 18, 19, 18CLE18 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 21, 5, 24, 17, 14, 26, 29NYK29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 14, 23, 22, 10, 18, 19, 21, 17NYK17 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 74 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 70 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · DEN @ HOU

Houston takes care of Denver

A 4-point win, 113–109. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 37 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DEN4CLE over NYK4GSW over LAC10MIA over MIL10CHI over NJN13POR over DAL15Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over DEN.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon 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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 34, 20, 42, 38, 26, 46, 20, 37HOU vs DEN · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 50, 26, 24, 19, 16, 28, 26, 32MIA vs MIL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Danny FerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 6, 12, 6, 22, 7, 17, 6, 32CLE @ NYK · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 21, 5, 24, 17, 14, 26, 29NYK vs CLE · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 6, 6, 19, 25, 18, 9, 25, 29MIL @ MIA · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 30, 27, 7, 17, 22, 30, 25, 28GSW @ LAC · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Kevin GarnettMIN+7.5 17.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mark BryantHOU+7.2 15.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Toni KukocCHI+6.8 19.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
David WesleyBOS+6.3 18.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+5.7 21.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−7.4 13.8 last 10 · 21.2 season
Armen GilliamNJN−7.1 11.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.9 3.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Dennis ScottORL−6.0 11.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season