FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 7, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by CHH (vs SEA) and NYK (vs LAC).

Final
TOR75
ATL101
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +26
Final
MIA83
CHI80
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
VAN85
DAL96
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +11
Final
UTA104
DEN91
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +13
Final
PHI108
HOU123
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +15
Final
DET95
NJN69
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +26
Final
LAC80
NYK89
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +9
Final
CHH94
SEA92
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH -4; Q4 CHH +2
Final
MIL126
WSB118
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +8
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 7, 1995: 5 games. Top scorer: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (DEN @ UTA), 51 points.
The lead · CHH @ SEA

Charlotte takes over late to edge Seattle

Down 4 after three, Charlotte won the fourth 16–10. Final: 94–92. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20-4+2CHH AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH2929201694
SEA2731241092
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 14, 24, 29, 23, 19, 23, 14, 22CHH22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dell CurryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 19, 14, 7, 22, 25, 16, 12, 21CHH21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 22, 23, 19, 25, 29, 22, 21, 28SEA28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 16, 17, 22, 26, 18, 24, 18, 25SEA25 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Toronto by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

CHH over SEA2MIA over CHI3MIL over WSB8NYK over LAC9DAL over VAN11UTA over DEN13HOU over PHI15ATL over TOR26DET over NJN26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 44

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 16, 9, 33, 23, 22, 27, 21, 44MIL @ WSB · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 31, 44, 40, 36, 35, 40, 20, 37CHI vs MIA · L
32.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 32, 5, 17, 13, 22, 11, 20, 36MIL @ WSB · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 16, 26, 16, 14, 23, 26, 36, 35PHI @ HOU · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 18, 19, 8, 29, 12, 30, 26, 28NYK vs LAC · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 22, 23, 19, 25, 29, 22, 21, 28SEA vs CHH · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.1 19.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+2.6 14.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dan MajerleMIA+2.0 16.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
George LynchVAN+1.9 8.7 last 10 · 6.8 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR+1.7 17.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−3.5 16.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.1 3.9 last 10 · 6.0 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−1.7 16.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Eddie JonesLAL−1.6 15.5 last 10 · 17.1 season
Craig EhloSEA−1.1 4.2 last 10 · 5.3 season