FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 8, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHI by 7 after three quarters and won 97–89.

Final
LAC69
CLE90
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +21
Final
SAS88
GSW114
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +26
Final
MIN86
LAL110
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +24
Final
BOS87
MIL100
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +13
Final
IND93
PHX106
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +13
Final
ORL84
SAC91
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +7
Final
CHI89
TOR97
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +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 8, 1995: 10 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs WSB), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ TOR

Damon Stoudamire scores 31 in Toronto win over Chicago

Final: 97–89. Damon Stoudamire added 6 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+1-1-7+8TOR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2128211989
TOR2226153497
Who led
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 27, 10, 20, 27, 11, 12, 14, 31TOR31 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 15, 23, 11, 23, 11, 29, 17, 18TOR18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 16, 15, 32, 20, 12, 25, 14, 28CHI28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 44, 40, 36, 35, 40, 20, 37, 13CHI13 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Second story · LAC @ CLE

Cleveland 90, Clippers 69

Cleveland won the fourth quarter 30–16 on the way to a 21-point win. Terrell Brandon led Cleveland with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over ORL7TOR over CHI8MIL over BOS13PHX over IND13CLE over LAC21LAL over MIN24GSW over SAS26Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg14.2Last 3

14.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 31

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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 27, 10, 20, 27, 11, 12, 14, 31TOR vs CHI · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 7, 21, 13, 20, 18, 22, 17, 30CLE vs LAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 16, 15, 32, 20, 12, 25, 14, 28CHI @ TOR · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 5, 17, 13, 22, 11, 20, 36, 24MIL vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 24, 30, 13, 10, 18, 15, 15, 24GSW vs SAS · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 14, 26, 32, 28, 28, 22, 12, 23GSW vs SAS · W
24.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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
Scottie PippenCHI+3.1 21.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.1 19.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+2.6 14.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Michael JordanCHI+2.2 33.3 last 10 · 31.1 season
Dan MajerleMIA+2.0 16.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−3.5 16.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.1 3.9 last 10 · 6.0 season
Toni KukocCHI−1.9 11.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Eddie JonesLAL−1.9 15.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−1.7 16.9 last 10 · 18.6 season