FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 14, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 101–93.

Final
PHI81
ATL106
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +25
Final
CHH82
CHI87
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
SAC94
LAC106
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +12
Final
TOR88
MIA89
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +1
Final
NJN91
MIL101
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +10
Final
CLE101
MIN93
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +8
Final
DEN82
NYK89
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +7
Final
DAL105
SAS106
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +1
Final
HOU109
SEA100
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +9
Final
ORL68
UTA101
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +33
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 14, 1995: 6 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIN

Cleveland climbs out of an 8-point hole against Minnesota

Down 8 at the half, the Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 37–23 and the game 101–93. Terrell Brandon led Cleveland with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-3-8-6+8CLE AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE22212137101
MIN2526192393
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 18, 22, 17, 30, 14, 28, 12, 22CLE22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 4, 17, 16, 6, 17, 21, 7, 19CLE19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 22, 27, 28, 16, 14, 19, 25, 21MIN21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 24, 8, 21, 6, 15, 10, 12, 19MIN19 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Orlando by 33, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIA over TOR1SAS over DAL1CHI over CHH5NYK over DEN7CLE over MIN8HOU over SEA9MIL over NJN10LAC over SAC12ATL over PHI25UTA over ORL33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mitch Richmond 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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 25, 7, 29, 22, 22, 17, 24, 33SAC @ LAC · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 40, 36, 35, 40, 20, 37, 13, 27, 32, 29CHI vs CHH · W
30.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 26, 21, 15, 16, 5, 20, 16, 29DEN @ NYK · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 29, 22, 21, 28, 21, 19, 19, 28SEA vs HOU · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 17, 21, 13, 3, 9, 17, 17, 28DAL @ SAS · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 22, 11, 20, 36, 24, 28, 16, 27MIL vs NJN · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 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
George LynchVAN+4.0 11.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Dominique WilkinsSAS+3.5 23.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Chris GatlingDAL+2.9 23.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+2.8 19.7 last 10 · 16.9 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR+2.6 19.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.1 11.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL−2.7 8.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.3 3.1 last 10 · 5.4 season
Anthony GoldwireCHH−2.1 4.6 last 10 · 6.7 season
Todd DayBOS−2.1 7.4 last 10 · 9.5 season