FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 11, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHI by 8 after three quarters and won 84–79.

Final · 3OT
TOR113
BOS115
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS 0; OT3 BOS +2
Final
DEN97
CHH101
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +7; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +4
Final
MIN86
CHI103
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +17
Final
IND76
LAL79
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +3
Final
SEA101
NJN110
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +9
Final
MIA84
PHI79
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +5
Final
CLE95
WSB106
Q1 WSB +3; Q2 WSB +14; Q3 WSB +4; Q4 WSB +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 11, 1995: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs CHH), 24 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHI

Miami fights back late to top Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 69–61 after three. Miami won the fourth 23–10 and the game 84–79. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-5-8+5MIA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2813202384
PHI2323231079
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 18, 19, 8, 33, 28, 16, 25, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 19, 17, 17, 10, 10, 20, 14, 20MIA20 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 17, 19, 11, 21, 21, 15, 13, 24PHI24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 12, 15, 6, 10, 12, 11, 11, 19PHI19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg56Today

56 minutes today, against 32.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 21 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 17.

BOS over TOR2LAL over IND3CHH over DEN4MIA over PHI5NJN over SEA9WSB over CLE11CHI over MIN17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 33

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 27, 24, 32, 21, 25, 22, 27, 33LAL vs IND · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 20, 27, 11, 12, 14, 31, 19, 31TOR @ BOS · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 27, 14, 5, 27, 13, 11, 14, 30SEA @ NJN · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 13, 20, 18, 22, 17, 30, 14, 28CLE @ WSB · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 44, 40, 36, 35, 40, 20, 37, 13, 27CHI vs MIN · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 15, 32, 20, 12, 25, 14, 28, 26CHI vs MIN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 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
George LynchVAN+3.1 10.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Tom HammondsDEN+3.0 10.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR+2.6 19.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Popeye JonesTOR+2.3 9.8 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kevin WillisHOU+2.1 11.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−3.5 12.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.5 3.1 last 10 · 5.6 season
Ron HarperCHI−2.0 4.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Toni KukocCHI−1.9 11.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dennis RodmanCHI−1.6 3.3 last 10 · 4.9 season