FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 20, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by NYK (vs PHI) and UTA (vs ORL).

Final
NJN95
ATL109
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +28; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +14
Final
TOR82
CLE91
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +9
Final
VAN93
DEN108
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +15
Final
DET84
IND75
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +9
Final
UTA98
ORL93
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +5
Final
NYK110
PHI103
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +7
Final
DAL77
POR107
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +30
Final
LAC86
SEA102
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +24; Q4 SEA +16
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 20, 1995: 7 games. Top scorer: Don MacLean (DEN vs GSW), 38 points.
The lead · UTA @ ORL

Utah handles Orlando by 5

The Jazz won the fourth quarter 34–27. Final: 98–93. John Stockton led Utah with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 15 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-5-6-2+5UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1718293498
ORL2219252793
Who led
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 6, 18, 11, 10, 16, 21, 12, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 34, 21, 22, 27, 11, 29, 35, 20UTA20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 26, 9, 16, 14, 17, 25, 23, 23, 30ORL30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 7 games: 8, 0, 18, 12, 11, 27, 21ORL21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NYK @ PHI

New York takes care of Philadelphia

A 7-point win, 110–103. Allan Houston led New York with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over ORL5NYK over PHI7CLE over TOR9DET over IND9ATL over NJN14DEN over VAN15SEA over LAC16POR over DAL30Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg8.8Last 3

8.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 32

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 19, 14, 15, 18, 10, 17, 2, 32NYK @ PHI · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 26, 9, 16, 14, 17, 25, 23, 23, 30ORL vs UTA · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 37, 11, 10, 20, 18, 13, 13, 29DEN vs VAN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 30, 11, 20, 20, 12, 27, 20, 28NJN @ ATL · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 16, 22, 19, 17, 18, 7, 19, 25PHI vs NYK · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 25, 26, 18, 31, 16, 24, 19, 24SEA vs LAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 11 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
Anthony PeelerVAN+4.7 17.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Nick Van ExelLAL+4.3 19.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+3.9 17.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
George LynchVAN+3.9 11.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Rony SeikalyORL+3.7 18.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
Armen GilliamMIL−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Eddie JonesLAL−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−3.2 19.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Charlie WardNYK−2.7 3.9 last 10 · 6.6 season