FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 2, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed PHI by 3 at halftime and won 96–82.

Final
DAL97
CHH107
Q1 CHH -2; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +10
Final
PHX94
CLE103
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +9
Final
BOS87
DET99
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +12
Final
POR112
HOU96
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +16
Final
NJN91
MIA101
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +10
Final · OT
TOR94
ORL96
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +2
Final
LAL90
SAC83
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +7
Final
UTA80
SAS83
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +3
Final
PHI82
SEA96
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +14
Final
NYK92
WSB80
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +12
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 · 1995–96Jan 2, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ DAL), 29 points.
The lead · PHI @ SEA

Philadelphia's skid reaches three

Seattle won 96–82; the 76ers fall to 8–21. Shawn Kemp led Seattle with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+13-3+1+14SEA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1626182282
SEA2910223596
Who led
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 12, 22, 7, 12, 20, 24, 18, 23SEA23 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 24, 19, 24, 31, 20, 28, 21, 21SEA21 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 21, 27, 11, 22, 18, 11, 19, 22PHI22 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 8, 11, 22, 32, 31, 15, 21, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
25.21995–96 avg6.9Last 3

6.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 1995–96 (81 games). Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg36.3Today

36 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 16.

ORL over TOR2SAS over UTA3LAL over SAC7CLE over PHX9CHH over DAL10MIA over NJN10DET over BOS12NYK over WSB12SEA over PHI14POR over HOU16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Glen Rice 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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37CHH vs DAL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 31, 11, 28, 17, 19, 14, 8, 18, 16, 32TOR @ ORL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 32, 31, 37, 23, 18, 27, 40, 32SAC vs LAL · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 23, 30, 13, 33, 11, 9, 15, 31ORL vs TOR · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 23, 18, 8, 4, 19, 20, 19, 31POR @ HOU · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 7, 26, 26, 16, 20, 16, 25, 30HOU vs POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 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
Mitch RichmondSAC+6.1 30.1 last 10 · 24.0 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+5.3 19.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.8 21.0 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−3.4 18.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.1 7.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mark DavisPHI−3.1 4.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
Walt WilliamsTOR−3.0 13.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season