FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 4, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NJN by 4 after the first quarter and won 109–102.

Final
ATL90
DET100
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +10
Final
BOS89
HOU94
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +5
Final
DAL79
MIA101
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +22
Final
NYK109
NJN102
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CLE84
ORL57
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +27
Final
GSW87
PHX118
Q1 PHX +20; Q2 PHX +27; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +31
Final
PHI103
SAS113
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +10
Final
LAL75
UTA101
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +26
Final
IND127
VAN80
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +28; Q3 IND +37; Q4 IND +47
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 4, 1995: 2 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA @ BOS), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ NJN

New York handles New Jersey by 7

The Knicks won the fourth quarter 37–26. Final: 109–102. Patrick Ewing led New York with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-40-4+7NYK AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK21272437109
NJN25232826102
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 26, 24, 18, 19, 8, 29, 12, 30NYK30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 2, 13, 8, 9, 14, 10, 12, 12, 18NYK18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Robert PackPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 16, 13, 17, 8, 7, 25, 24, 20NJN20 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 32, 18, 26, 10, 18, 16, 29, 20NJN20 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ HOU

Houston keeps Boston at arm's length

The Celtics never led at a quarter break. Houston won by 5. Charles Barkley led Houston with 19 points, 27 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over BOS5NYK over NJN7DET over ATL10SAS over PHI10MIA over DAL22UTA over LAL26CLE over ORL27PHX over GSW31IND over VAN47Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Reggie Miller leads the day with 36

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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 30, 22, 12, 24, 19, 25, 32, 36IND @ VAN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 19, 22, 12, 17, 18, 19, 8, 33MIA vs DAL · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 26, 24, 18, 19, 8, 29, 12, 30NYK @ NJN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 6, 35, 24, 16, 26, 16, 14, 23, 26PHI @ SAS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 37, 33, 36, 27, 31, 19, 30, 20, 26UTA vs LAL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Terry MillsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 13, 9, 2, 9, 13, 3, 4, 25DET vs ATL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST