FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 16, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed TOR by 1 after three quarters and won 98–92.

Final
MIL107
BOS91
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +16
Final · OT
PHX121
LAC122
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +1
Final
WSB97
SAC89
Q1 WSB +4; Q2 WSB +10; Q3 WSB +10; Q4 WSB +8
Final
DET98
TOR92
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +6
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 16, 1995: 8 games. Top scorer: George McCloud (DAL vs PHX), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches four

Detroit won 98–92; the Raptors fall to 7–16. Grant Hill led Detroit with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET 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+6+7-1+6DET AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2623212898
TOR2022292192
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 23, 22, 14, 12, 26, 13, 25, 27DET27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 8, 22, 11, 13, 29, 8, 15, 21DET21 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 11, 12, 14, 31, 19, 31, 11, 28TOR28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 19, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 20TOR20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAC

Clippers need overtime to survive Phoenix

Tied 113–113 after regulation. Clippers won the final period 9–8 for a 122–121 win. Malik Sealy led Clippers with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs PHX
Malik Sealy · LACDanny Manning · PHXPTS2824REB58AST31Top 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
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 25.5 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 28

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 11, 20, 36, 24, 28, 16, 27, 28MIL @ BOS · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 11, 12, 14, 31, 19, 31, 11, 28TOR vs DET · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 7, 29, 22, 22, 17, 24, 33, 28SAC vs WSB · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Malik SealyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 13, 16, 13, 5, 14, 14, 14, 28LAC vs PHX · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 23, 22, 14, 12, 26, 13, 25, 27DET @ TOR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 24, 11, 26, 20, 23, 25, 19, 24WSB @ SAC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 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+4.7 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
Glenn RobinsonMIL+2.9 25.2 last 10 · 22.3 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.1 11.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.3 7.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mark PriceGSW−2.9 9.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Ervin JohnsonDEN−2.3 3.1 last 10 · 5.4 season
Anthony GoldwireCHH−2.1 4.6 last 10 · 6.7 season