FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 22, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed WSB by 11 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
CHH102
BOS98
Q1 CHH +6; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH -2; Q4 CHH +4
Final
UTA94
CLE100
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +6
Final
LAC91
GSW97
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +6
Final
TOR92
IND111
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +19
Final
DAL79
SEA93
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +14
Final
WSB87
VAN91
Q1 VAN -8; Q2 VAN -11; Q3 VAN -8; Q4 VAN +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 22, 1995: 10 games. Top scorer: Todd Day (BOS vs MIN), 41 points.
The lead · WSB @ VAN

Vancouver climbs out of an 11-point hole against Washington

Down 11 at the half, the Grizzlies won the fourth quarter 29–17 and the game 91–87. Anthony Peeler led Vancouver with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · VAN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-11-8+4VAN AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB2626181787
VAN1823212991
Who led
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 23, 10, 17, 15, 17, 25, 19, 27VAN27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 14, 12, 21, 28, 22, 23, 17, 24VAN24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 4, 16, 18, 22, 17, 20, 18, 23WSB23 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 20, 23, 25, 19, 24, 18, 25, 20WSB20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHH @ BOS

Charlotte tops Boston in Boston

Final: 102–98. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over BOS4VAN over WSB4CLE over UTA6GSW over LAC6SEA over DAL14IND over TOR19Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

David Wesley leads the day with 34

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.
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 11, 16, 20, 18, 25, 4, 6, 34BOS vs CHH · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 30, 14, 28, 12, 22, 28, 19, 33CLE vs UTA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 26, 18, 31, 16, 24, 19, 24, 31SEA vs DAL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 23, 10, 17, 15, 17, 25, 19, 27VAN vs WSB · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 23, 23, 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27GSW vs LAC · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 30, 16, 24, 25, 15, 23, 13, 25CHH @ BOS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 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
Anthony PeelerVAN+5.5 18.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.0 19.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+4.2 27.5 last 10 · 23.3 season
George LynchVAN+4.2 12.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelLAL+3.8 19.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.5 11.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Armen GilliamMIL−4.3 6.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Sam CassellPHX−3.4 11.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mark PriceGSW−3.2 9.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.1 18.9 last 10 · 22.0 season