FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 29, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed IND by 5 after the first quarter and won 110–102.

Final · OT
NJN110
IND102
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +8
Final
PHI102
LAL115
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
Final
MIA95
MIL94
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +1
Final
SAS86
POR110
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +30; Q4 POR +24
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 29, 1995: 8 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ ATL), 32 points.
The lead · NJN @ IND

New Jersey flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Indiana led 41–39 at the break. Tied 92–92 after regulation, New Jersey won the extra time 18–10. Final: 110–102. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Reggie Miller scored 37 for Indiana in the loss.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-2+60+8NJN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN2019332018110
IND2516252610102
Who led
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 27, 20, 28, 6, 19, 21, 17, 28NJN28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 16, 16, 11, 24, 19, 23, 31, 22NJN22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 25, 18, 34, 18, 21, 23, 15, 37IND37 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 11, 21, 13, 10, 14, 15, 22, 15IND15 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIA @ MIL

Miami never trails at a break against Milwaukee

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 95–94. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over MIL1NJN over IND8LAL over PHI13POR over SAS24Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.5Season avg30.6Last 3

30.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Reggie Miller 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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 25, 18, 34, 18, 21, 23, 15, 37IND vs NJN · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 15, 2, 24, 18, 11, 25, 26, 36MIA @ MIL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 33, 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25, 28LAL vs PHI · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 27, 20, 28, 6, 19, 21, 17, 28NJN @ IND · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 28, 25, 21, 13, 17, 23, 23, 26MIL vs MIA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 16, 16, 11, 24, 19, 23, 31, 22NJN @ IND · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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+5.6 19.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.4 20.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.8 19.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Juwan HowardWSB+4.0 22.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.0 19.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Avery JohnsonSAS−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.6 18.4 last 10 · 22.0 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.1 7.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Armen GilliamMIL−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season