FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 15, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS89
DET99
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final
WSB110
GSW102
Q1 WSB +4; Q2 WSB 0; Q3 WSB +17; Q4 WSB +8
Final
VAN84
PHX103
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +19
Final
HOU99
POR89
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +10
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 15, 1995: 9 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC @ HOU), 47 points.
The lead · WSB @ GSW

Washington makes it three straight

Washington beat Golden State 110–102 and moved to 10–11. Rod Strickland led Washington with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 15 assists. Latrell Sprewell scored 43 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · WSB margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+40+17+8WSB AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB33273614110
GSW29311923102
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 7, 11, 17, 15, 4, 16, 18, 22WSB22 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 8, 17, 7, 12, 4, 25, 22, 22WSB22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 28, 22, 12, 23, 23, 17, 22, 43GSW43 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 18, 15, 15, 24, 36, 12, 20, 16GSW16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · BOS @ DET

Detroit never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 99–89. Grant Hill led Detroit with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WSB over GSW8DET over BOS10HOU over POR10PHX over VAN19Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 30.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 43

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 28, 22, 12, 23, 23, 17, 22, 43GSW vs WSB · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 10, 24, 9, 9, 14, 12, 21, 28VAN @ PHX · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 17, 34, 16, 13, 29, 21, 9, 26HOU @ POR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 7, 29, 26, 16, 11, 22, 34, 26POR vs HOU · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 20, 23, 22, 14, 12, 26, 13, 25DET vs BOS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 18, 13, 6, 11, 16, 20, 18, 25BOS @ DET · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 1 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+4.7 12.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
Dominique WilkinsSAS+3.5 23.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Chris GatlingDAL+2.9 23.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+2.9 14.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+2.8 19.7 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.1 11.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Grant HillDET−3.1 17.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Mark PriceGSW−2.9 9.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Armen GilliamMIL−2.7 8.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Todd DayBOS−2.4 6.8 last 10 · 9.2 season