FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 23, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NJN by 14 after the first quarter and won 113–81.

Final
NJN81
CHI113
Q1 CHI -14; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +32
Final
MIL81
HOU76
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +5
Final
UTA98
MIN107
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +9
Final
ATL76
NYK82
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
CLE84
ORL89
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final · OT
DEN112
PHX109
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
WSB106
POR84
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB +11; Q3 WSB +23; Q4 WSB +22
Final
LAC88
SAC100
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +22; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +12
Final
MIA90
SAS79
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +11
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 23, 1995: 12 games. Top scorer: Patrick Ewing (NYK vs TOR), 40 points.
The lead · NJN @ CHI

Chicago climbs back to beat New Jersey

New Jersey led by 14 after one. Chicago won it 113–81. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+10+21+32CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3213211581
CHI18373226113
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 13, 27, 32, 29, 30, 35, 31, 24CHI24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 28, 26, 24, 10, 35, 19, 22, 20CHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 24, 11, 21, 16, 16, 11, 24, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 20, 20, 12, 27, 20, 28, 6, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat New Jersey by 32, the widest margin of 9 games.

DEN over PHX3MIL over HOU5ORL over CLE5NYK over ATL6MIN over UTA9MIA over SAS11SAC over LAC12WSB over POR22CHI over NJN32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
14.6Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 37

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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 29, 21, 9, 26, 23, 9, 20, 37HOU vs MIL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 2, 37, 11, 10, 20, 18, 13, 13, 29, 36DEN @ PHX · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 14, 17, 25, 23, 23, 30, 13, 33ORL vs CLE · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 18, 7, 21, 14, 14, 18, 17, 33MIN vs UTA · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 20, 14, 20, 26, 25, 13, 18, 32MIA @ SAS · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 25, 22, 22, 21, 16, 25, 17, 27WSB @ POR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 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
Anthony PeelerVAN+5.5 18.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.9 20.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.3 19.3 last 10 · 15.0 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−4.1 5.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Mark PriceGSW−3.2 9.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.1 18.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−3.1 20.3 last 10 · 23.4 season