FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 6, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed BOS by 15 at halftime and won 110–108.

Final · OT
NJN110
BOS108
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN -15; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
CLE81
DET93
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +12
Final
IND86
GSW71
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +15
Final
ORL81
LAL92
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +11
Final
NYK103
MIA85
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +18
Final
CHH93
POR97
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +4
Final
PHX101
SAC95
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +6
Final
VAN105
SAS89
Q1 VAN 0; Q2 VAN +11; Q3 VAN +9; Q4 VAN +16
Final
MIN95
UTA106
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -10; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +11
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 6, 1995: 8 games. Top scorer: Clyde Drexler (HOU vs LAL), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ BOS

Kerry Kittles drops 30 in 15-point comeback win over Boston

Boston led by 15 at the half. Final: 110–108.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-15+50+2NJN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN262134218110
BOS332914266108
Who led
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 19, 15, 15, 12, 4, 25, 8, 12, 30NJN30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 24, 6, 9, 12, 19, 28, 18, 23NJN23 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 26, 19, 19, 18, 14, 9, 10, 22BOS22 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 15, 16, 19, 12, 12, 9, 10, 18BOS18 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIN @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 10 at the half. Utah won it 106–95. Karl Malone led Utah with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs MIN
Karl Malone · UTATom Gugliotta · MINPTS3428REB76AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 11 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 34

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: 37, 33, 36, 27, 31, 19, 30, 20, 26, 34UTA vs MIN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 19, 15, 15, 12, 4, 25, 8, 12, 30NJN @ BOS · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 1, 23, 9, 15, 13, 15, 6, 10, 18, 29CHH @ POR · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 30, 8, 19, 3, 19, 16, 15, 9, 29VAN @ SAS · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 22, 12, 17, 18, 19, 8, 33, 28MIA vs NYK · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 17, 25, 22, 24, 25, 22, 27, 28MIN @ UTA · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Arvydas SabonisPOR+2.6 14.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR+1.7 17.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Nick Van ExelLAL+1.3 14.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kenny AndersonPOR+0.9 19.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Shawn KempSEA+0.8 24.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−1.6 15.5 last 10 · 17.1 season
Byron ScottLAL−1.1 6.1 last 10 · 7.2 season
Aaron McKiePOR−0.7 5.4 last 10 · 6.1 season
Elden CampbellLAL−0.6 9.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Sam PerkinsSEA−0.2 10.6 last 10 · 10.8 season