FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 3, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed PHX by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–104.

Final
MIN94
BOS84
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +10
Final
ORL89
CHI110
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +21
Final
SAS93
DEN91
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +2
Final · OT
PHI114
GSW122
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +8
Final
PHX104
IND117
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +13
Final
SAC93
LAL100
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +7
Final
ATL95
NJN85
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +10
Final
SEA108
VAN94
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +14
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 3, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs HOU), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Reggie Miller scores 33, Indiana rallies past Phoenix

Indiana trailed by 8 after one and won 117–104.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-8+2+8+13IND AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX36202028104
IND28302633117
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 34, 18, 21, 23, 15, 37, 13, 33IND33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derrick McKeyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 10, 2, 9, 0, 8, 7, 12, 17IND17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 12, 12, 13, 13, 10, 28, 25, 30PHX30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 16, 12, 14, 15, 19, 23, 22, 14PHX14 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ DEN

San Antonio takes over late to edge Denver

Down 3 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 19–14. Final: 93–91. Vernon Maxwell led San Antonio with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DEN2LAL over SAC7GSW over PHI8MIN over BOS10ATL over NJN10IND over PHX13SEA over VAN14CHI over ORL21Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 39

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39GSW vs PHI · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 34, 18, 21, 23, 15, 37, 13, 33IND vs PHX · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 31, 37, 23, 18, 27, 40, 32, 33SAC @ LAL · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 20, 33, 17, 16, 22, 27, 17, 32MIN @ BOS · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 12, 12, 13, 13, 10, 28, 25, 30PHX @ IND · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 19, 12, 21, 23, 12, 21, 19, 30DEN vs SAS · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+6.4 21.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+6.4 20.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+5.8 30.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.1 20.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Joe SmithGSW+3.5 22.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.5 7.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mark DavisPHI−3.4 4.1 last 10 · 7.5 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.4 18.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Walt WilliamsTOR−3.0 13.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season