FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 27, 1996Regular season · 6 games
← Dec 26CalendarDec 28 →

6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIL by 11 at halftime and won 94–86.

Final
MIA101
CHH86
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +15
Final
MIL86
CLE94
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +8
Final
POR102
LAC98
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +4
Final
BOS102
LAL109
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +7
Final
IND94
NJN105
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +11
Final
TOR82
WSB100
Q1 WSB +1; Q2 WSB +6; Q3 WSB +5; Q4 WSB +18
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 27, 1995: 6 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (WSB vs GSW), 40 points.
The lead · MIL @ CLE

Terrell Brandon scores 30, Cleveland rallies past Milwaukee

Cleveland trailed by 11 at the half and won 94–86.

Game flow · CLE 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+2-11-1+8CLE AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2432171386
CLE2619272294
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 28, 12, 22, 28, 19, 33, 20, 30CLE30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 21, 7, 19, 16, 8, 18, 6, 21CLE21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 27, 28, 25, 21, 13, 17, 23, 23MIL23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 10, 8, 9, 3, 8, 2, 5, 14MIL14 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · POR @ LAC

Portland turns it around against Clippers

From 9 down after one to a 4-point win: 102–98. Kenny Anderson led Portland with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs LAC
Kenny Anderson · PORRodney Rogers · LACPTS2525REB87AST14Top 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
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kendall Gill leads the day with 31

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.
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 21, 16, 16, 11, 24, 19, 23, 31NJN vs IND · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 28, 12, 22, 28, 19, 33, 20, 30CLE vs MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 21, 15, 2, 24, 18, 11, 25, 26MIA @ CHH · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 25, 19, 24, 18, 25, 20, 25, 25WSB vs TOR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 27, 33, 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25LAL vs BOS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 13, 19, 27, 3, 7, 20, 25LAC vs POR · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Rony SeikalyORL+5.3 20.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+4.8 18.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+4.5 19.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Bryant StithDEN+4.4 20.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Nick Van ExelLAL+4.0 18.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−3.2 18.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.0 7.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Mark PriceGSW−2.9 9.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−2.9 8.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season