FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 30, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed IND by 13 after the first quarter and won 81–79.

Final
IND79
CHI81
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIN96
CLE108
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +31; Q4 CLE +12
Final
BOS104
DEN102
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +2
Final
ORL85
DET97
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +12
Final
SEA91
HOU99
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +8
Final
UTA101
LAC115
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +14
Final
NJN86
NYK98
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAC88
PHX100
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +12
Final
SAS95
VAN88
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +7
Final
CHH101
WSB92
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +9
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 30, 1995: 12 games. Top scorer: Bobby Phills (CLE vs POR), 43 points.
The lead · IND @ CHI

Chicago rallies from 13 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 13 after one, Chicago outscored the Pacers 66–51 the rest of the way. Final: 81–79. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 28 points, 7 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-9-4+2CHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2818211279
CHI1522261881
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 30, 35, 31, 24, 23, 34, 45, 28CHI28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 35, 19, 22, 20, 27, 20, 18, 18CHI18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 18, 34, 18, 21, 23, 15, 37, 13IND13 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 6, 4, 2, 8, 14, 6, 2, 13IND13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
25.21995–96 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.2 in 1995–96 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SEA @ HOU

Houston beats Seattle, 99–91

Houston led 79–73 after three and won by 8. Charles Barkley led Houston with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over IND2BOS over DEN2SAS over VAN7HOU over SEA8CHH over WSB9CLE over MIN12DET over ORL12NYK over NJN12PHX over SAC12LAC over UTA14Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SEA.
Top performances

Mitch Richmond leads the day with 40

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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 28, 32, 31, 37, 23, 18, 27, 40SAC @ PHX · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 15, 8, 10, 15, 12, 6, 6, 38LAC vs UTA · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +30.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 25, 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38CHH @ WSB · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 22, 28, 19, 33, 20, 30, 16, 31CLE vs MIN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 12, 16, 12, 12, 13, 13, 10, 28PHX vs SAC · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 30, 35, 31, 24, 23, 34, 45, 28CHI vs IND · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+5.5 29.3 last 10 · 23.8 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+5.3 19.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.9 19.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.3 20.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−3.8 18.1 last 10 · 21.9 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.1 7.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.0 12.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−2.7 6.0 last 10 · 8.7 season