FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 13, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WSB trailed DEN by 10 after the first quarter and won 108–104.

Final
PHI75
CHH84
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH -1; Q4 CHH +9
Final
GSW87
CLE101
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +14
Final
BOS94
IND97
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +3
Final · OT
POR119
LAL120
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final
PHX105
MIN108
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +3
Final
CHI113
NJN92
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +22; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +21
Final
ORL93
VAN95
Q1 VAN +3; Q2 VAN +8; Q3 VAN +11; Q4 VAN +2
Final
DEN104
WSB108
Q1 WSB -10; Q2 WSB -2; Q3 WSB +6; Q4 WSB +4
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 13, 1995: 5 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs ORL), 36 points.
The lead · DEN @ WSB

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 10 after one, Washington outscored the Nuggets 85–71 the rest of the way. Final: 108–104. Chris Webber led Washington with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · WSB 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 Q3Final0-10-2+6+4WSB AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN33221831104
WSB23302629108
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 16, 14, 24, 11, 26, 20, 23, 25WSB25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 24, 8, 17, 7, 12, 4, 25, 22WSB22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 7, 20, 16, 19, 19, 21, 24, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 7 games: 21, 12, 0, 14, 19, 12, 21DEN21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIN

Minnesota climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 8 at the half. Minnesota won it 108–105. Tom Gugliotta led Minnesota with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs PHX
Tom Gugliotta · MINSam Cassell · PHXPTS2521REB111AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 19 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg36.2Today

36 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 34

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: 22, 27, 24, 32, 21, 25, 22, 27, 33, 34LAL vs POR · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 12, 7, 29, 26, 16, 11, 22, 34POR @ LAL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 44, 40, 36, 35, 40, 20, 37, 13, 27, 32CHI @ NJN · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 20, 8, 4, 14, 15, 20, 14, 29POR @ LAL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 19, 16, 15, 9, 29, 8, 13, 27VAN vs ORL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 24, 18, 4, 20, 23, 15, 9, 26LAL vs POR · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 15 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+4.0 11.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Dominique WilkinsSAS+3.6 23.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Tom HammondsDEN+2.9 10.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Vlade DivacCHH+2.8 15.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Clyde DrexlerHOU+2.6 20.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.1 11.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL−2.5 8.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.2 3.3 last 10 · 5.5 season
Todd DayBOS−2.1 7.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Toni KukocCHI−2.1 11.1 last 10 · 13.2 season