FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 10, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 11 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
DEN88
ATL89
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +1
Final
MIA76
CLE74
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +2
Final
DAL100
LAC95
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -11; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
DET93
MIL85
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +8
Final
HOU96
MIN94
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +2
Final
WSB73
NYK85
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAS76
PHX93
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +17
Final
ORL99
POR93
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +6
Final
LAL92
SAC90
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +2
Final
GSW101
TOR91
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +10
Final
IND86
UTA110
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +24
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 10, 1995: 7 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS @ NYK), 45 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Chris Gatling scores 30 as Dallas wins in Los Angeles

Final: 100–95. Chris Gatling made 9 of 13 shots from the field.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final00-11-1+5DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL27192826100
LAC2730182095
Who led
Chris GatlingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 23, 26, 35, 25, 16, 24, 15, 30DAL30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 3, 12, 6, 8, 12, 11, 10, 18DAL18 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 9, 3, 6, 23, 19, 8, 10, 14LAC14 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Malik SealyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 15, 13, 3, 13, 16, 13, 5, 14LAC14 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
37.11995–96 avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 1995–96 (82 games). Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Jazz rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Indiana by 24.

ATL over DEN1MIA over CLE2HOU over MIN2LAL over SAC2DAL over LAC5ORL over POR6DET over MIL8GSW over TOR10NYK over WSB12PHX over SAS17UTA over IND24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Joe Smith 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.
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 30, 13, 10, 18, 15, 15, 24, 36GSW @ TOR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 17, 12, 15, 13, 21, 15, 14, 36HOU @ MIN · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 22, 20, 14, 13, 23, 21, 11, 33POR vs ORL · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris GatlingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 23, 26, 35, 25, 16, 24, 15, 30DAL @ LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 23, 10, 27, 17, 34, 16, 13, 29HOU @ MIN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 21, 7, 16, 8, 22, 11, 13, 29DET @ MIL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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
Tom HammondsDEN+3.2 10.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
George LynchVAN+3.1 10.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Scottie PippenCHI+3.1 21.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR+2.6 19.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Michael JordanCHI+2.2 33.3 last 10 · 31.1 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−3.1 13.4 last 10 · 16.5 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.6 3.1 last 10 · 5.7 season
Dale EllisDEN−2.4 17.3 last 10 · 19.7 season
Toni KukocCHI−1.9 11.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dennis RodmanCHI−1.6 3.3 last 10 · 4.9 season