FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 5, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed WSB by 13 at halftime and won 82–80.

Final
LAC96
CHI114
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +18
Final
PHI102
DAL106
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +4
Final
POR115
DEN104
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +11
Final
MIN86
SEA117
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +34; Q4 SEA +31
Final
WSB80
TOR82
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR -13; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +2
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 5, 1995: 7 games. Top scorer: Anfernee Hardaway (ORL @ LAC), 38 points.
The lead · WSB @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 13 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 13 at the half, Toronto outscored the Bullets 44–29 the rest of the way. Final: 82–80. Walt Williams led Toronto with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-5-13-5+2TOR AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB2724151480
TOR2216232182
Who led
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 5, 19, 15, 23, 11, 23, 11, 29TOR29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 17, 8, 7, 16, 16, 14, 16, 19TOR19 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 19, 15, 13, 15, 13, 7, 11, 17WSB17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 17, 34, 13, 20, 16, 14, 24, 11WSB11 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · PHI @ DAL

Dallas gets past Philadelphia

106–102, with Dallas ahead 50–47 at halftime. Chris Gatling led Dallas with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over WSB2DAL over PHI4POR over DEN11CHI over LAC18SEA over MIN31Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg10.9Last 3

10.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 12 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Bryant Stith 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.
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 20, 6, 13, 31, 14, 14, 2, 37DEN vs POR · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 35, 24, 16, 26, 16, 14, 23, 26, 36PHI @ DAL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 5, 19, 15, 23, 11, 23, 11, 29TOR vs WSB · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 19, 17, 25, 22, 24, 25, 22, 27MIN @ SEA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 20, 14, 32, 25, 12, 7, 29, 26POR @ DEN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 37, 16, 16, 15, 32, 20, 12, 25CHI vs LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST