FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 18, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 14 at halftime and won 103–100.

Final
MIL111
CHH103
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +8
Final
DET79
CHI110
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +31
Final
NYK77
CLE92
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +15
Final
DEN98
DAL132
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +31; Q4 DAL +34
Final
LAC107
HOU115
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +8
Final
ATL104
ORL119
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +20; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +15
Final
LAL100
SAS103
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -14; Q3 SAS -14; Q4 SAS +3
Final
UTA94
VAN79
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +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 · LAL @ SAS

San Antonio turns it around against Lakers

From 14 down at the half to a 3-point win: 103–100. David Robinson led San Antonio with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-11-14-14+3SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL3528298100
SAS24252925103
Who led
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 24, 40, 14, 11, 24, 25, 14, 29SAS29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 8, 17, 21, 6, 6, 12, 23, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 14, 9, 14, 28, 16, 18, 18, 27LAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Sedale ThreattPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 12, 4, 5, 20, 0, 21, 15, 19LAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 79 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.0Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.0 in 79 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ HOU

Clippers' skid reaches three

Houston won 115–107; the Clippers fall to 29–52. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · LAC
W@ MIN110–107L@ TOR103–104L@ NJN94–100L@ DAL96–101Wvs POR102–89Lvs GSW101–111Wvs UTA91–81L@ SAC96–101L@ UTA85–108L@ HOU107–115LAC: last 10 games through Apr 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 35

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: 20, 42, 38, 26, 46, 20, 37, 31, 25, 35HOU vs LAC · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 22, 17, 2, 18, 19, 6, 20, 35ORL vs ATL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 24, 27, 40, 17, 23, 32, 22, 30CHI vs DET · W
30.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 24, 40, 14, 11, 24, 25, 14, 29SAS vs LAL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Don MacLeanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 5, 8, 15, 12, 18, 16, 7, 29DEN @ DAL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 20, 7, 15, 11, 21, 19, 31, 29CHH vs MIL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
Brent PriceWSB+6.9 16.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Juwan HowardWSB+5.6 27.4 last 10 · 21.8 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Terry PorterMIN+5.2 14.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayORL−7.5 14.3 last 10 · 21.8 season
Armen GilliamNJN−7.3 10.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Larry JohnsonCHH−6.8 13.6 last 10 · 20.4 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.6 3.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elliot PerryPHX−6.0 2.3 last 10 · 8.3 season