FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 12, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed GSW by 6 at halftime and won 94–81.

Final
MIL97
ATL104
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +7
Final
TOR108
BOS136
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +28
Final
PHI82
CHI112
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +30
Final
GSW81
LAL94
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +13
Final
IND111
ORL101
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +10
Final
SAC98
VAN99
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN +2; Q3 VAN +7; Q4 VAN +1
Final
MIN106
WSB116
Q1 WSB +14; Q2 WSB +11; Q3 WSB +11; Q4 WSB +10
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 @ LAL

Lakers top Golden State in Los Angeles

Final: 94–81. Vlade Divac led Lakers with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-60+13LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2623191381
LAL2617252694
Who led
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 20, 12, 4, 10, 19, 19, 10, 26LAL26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 12, 8, 6, 14, 9, 14, 28, 16LAL16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
B.J. ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 7, 9, 23, 15, 12, 18, 13, 20GSW20 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 18, 3, 11, 10, 17, 10, 24, 15GSW15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Philadelphia by 30, the widest margin of 7 games.

VAN over SAC1ATL over MIL7IND over ORL10WSB over MIN10LAL over GSW13BOS over TOR28CHI over PHI30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 75 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 75 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 40 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Acie Earl 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.
Acie EarlPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 8, 8, 0, 6, 11, 16, 40TOR @ BOS · L
5.8 PPG season to date · +35.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 28, 49, 23, 24, 32, 21, 39, 33ORL vs IND · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 35, 27, 15, 11, 23, 40, 24, 29IND @ ORL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 29, 20, 32, 23, 25, 25, 26, 26WSB vs MIN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 6, 19, 25, 18, 9, 25, 29, 26MIL @ ATL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 20, 12, 4, 10, 19, 19, 10, 26LAL vs GSW · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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+7.9 18.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Toni KukocCHI+7.7 20.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Mark BryantHOU+7.2 15.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Ledell EacklesWSB+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+5.5 21.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−7.3 13.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Armen GilliamNJN−7.1 11.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.9 3.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Elliot PerryPHX−5.6 2.9 last 10 · 8.5 season