FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 12, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SEA by 7 at halftime and won 100–97.

Final
DET96
HOU115
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +19
Final
SAS94
LAC97
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +3
Final
SEA97
MIL100
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +3
Final
GSW79
NYK90
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +11
Final
VAN78
POR99
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +21
Final
DAL86
SAC93
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +7
Final
PHX95
UTA87
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +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 12, 1995: 11 games. Top scorer: Tony Dumas (DAL vs SEA), 35 points.
The lead · SEA @ MIL

Glenn Robinson scores 32, Milwaukee holds off Seattle

Final: 100–97. Glenn Robinson added 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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+4-7+3+3MIL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2328182897
MIL27172828100
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 33, 23, 22, 27, 21, 44, 4, 32MIL32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 12, 11, 15, 8, 12, 17, 16, 17MIL17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 26, 18, 24, 18, 25, 26, 18, 31SEA31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 14, 5, 27, 13, 11, 14, 30, 21SEA21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Portland by 21.

LAC over SAS3MIL over SEA3SAC over DAL7PHX over UTA8NYK over GSW11HOU over DET19POR over VAN21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
36.81995–96 avg22.0Last 2

22.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.8 in 1995–96 (82 games). Today: 20 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 32

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: 16, 9, 33, 23, 22, 27, 21, 44, 4, 32MIL vs SEA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 26, 18, 24, 18, 25, 26, 18, 31SEA @ MIL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 19, 30, 20, 26, 34, 21, 22, 27UTA vs PHX · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 12, 15, 13, 21, 15, 14, 36, 27HOU vs DET · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 30, 18, 27, 30, 19, 21, 7, 26HOU vs DET · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 18, 25, 7, 29, 22, 22, 17, 24SAC vs DAL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
George LynchVAN+3.7 11.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Dominique WilkinsSAS+3.6 23.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Tom HammondsDEN+3.0 10.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
A.C. GreenPHX+2.9 8.9 last 10 · 6.0 season
Clyde DrexlerHOU+2.6 20.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−3.5 12.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.5 3.1 last 10 · 5.6 season
Armen GilliamMIL−2.5 8.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ron HarperCHI−2.0 4.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Toni KukocCHI−1.9 11.6 last 10 · 13.5 season