FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 1, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAC66
DET95
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +20; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +29
Final
POR70
GSW98
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +28
Final
DEN96
LAL104
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +8
Final
UTA96
SEA90
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Dec 1, 1995: 7 games. Top scorer: Kenny Anderson (NJN @ BOS), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ SEA

Utah makes it ten straight

Utah beat Seattle 96–90 and moved to 12–2. Karl Malone led Utah with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+11+5+6UTA AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1831192896
SEA1523252790
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 19, 37, 33, 36, 27, 31, 19, 30UTA30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Antoine CarrPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 8, 8, 2, 14, 3, 6, 13UTA13 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 26, 34, 22, 22, 23, 19, 25, 29SEA29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 24, 31, 22, 16, 17, 22, 26, 18SEA18 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ LAL

Lakers control Denver start to finish

Lakers won 104–96, leading by as many as 20 at a break. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 24 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over SEA6LAL over DEN8GSW over POR28DET over SAC29Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 15 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg27.3Last 3

27.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 30

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 19, 37, 33, 36, 27, 31, 19, 30UTA @ SEA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 26, 34, 22, 22, 23, 19, 25, 29SEA vs UTA · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 20, 33, 32, 28, 14, 26, 32, 28GSW vs POR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 23, 27, 16, 16, 12, 15, 34, 26DEN @ LAL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 26, 26, 29, 23, 23, 22, 27, 24LAL vs DEN · W
24.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 27, 20, 14, 21, 2, 15, 8, 24LAL vs DEN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST