FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 18, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ORL by 11 at halftime and won 102–95.

Final
NJN81
CLE99
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +18
Final
SAC79
DEN95
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +16
Final
NYK78
DET112
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +33; Q4 DET +34
Final
MIN96
GSW123
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +27
Final
LAL111
MIL105
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +6
Final · 2OT
IND102
ORL95
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND 0; OT2 IND +7
Final
WSB107
PHX114
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +7
Final
SEA106
POR102
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +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 18, 1995: 3 games. Top scorer: Scottie Pippen (CHI @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ ORL

Reggie Miller scores 34, Indiana rallies past Orlando

Indiana trailed by 11 at the half and won 102–95.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final00-11-100+7IND AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
IND26202616410102
ORL263116154395
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 36, 16, 18, 13, 14, 25, 18, 34IND34 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 11, 9, 17, 8, 4, 15, 18, 18IND18 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 6 games: 8, 0, 18, 12, 11, 27ORL27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 26, 9, 16, 14, 17, 25, 23, 23ORL23 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ MIL

Lakers beat Milwaukee, 111–105

Lakers led 82–80 after three and won by 6. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over POR4LAL over MIL6IND over ORL7PHX over WSB7DEN over SAC16CLE over NJN18GSW over MIN27DET over NYK34Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 42

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: 23, 22, 27, 21, 44, 4, 32, 27, 19, 42MIL vs LAL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 21, 25, 22, 27, 33, 34, 27, 41LAL @ MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 36, 16, 18, 13, 14, 25, 18, 34IND @ ORL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 29, 22, 22, 17, 24, 33, 28, 32SAC @ DEN · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 15, 24, 36, 12, 20, 16, 3, 30GSW vs MIN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 22, 17, 30, 14, 28, 12, 22, 28CLE vs NJN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelLAL+4.3 19.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+3.9 18.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Robert PackNJN+3.9 18.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Dominique WilkinsSAS+3.5 23.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
Armen GilliamMIL−4.7 6.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Eddie JonesLAL−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Charlie WardNYK−3.1 3.4 last 10 · 6.5 season
Mark PriceGSW−2.6 9.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Dale EllisDEN−2.3 16.9 last 10 · 19.2 season