FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 4, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WSB trailed CHH by 8 at halftime and won 104–93.

Final
NYK71
ATL88
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +17
Final
WSB104
CHH93
Q1 WSB -5; Q2 WSB -8; Q3 WSB +13; Q4 WSB +11
Final
IND91
CLE99
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +8
Final
POR110
DAL104
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +6
Final
TOR74
DET118
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +22; Q3 DET +33; Q4 DET +44
Final
LAC95
HOU91
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +4
Final
MIN97
MIL91
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +6
Final
MIA80
UTA83
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +3
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 4, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · WSB @ CHH

Washington climbs out of an 8-point hole against Charlotte

Down 8 at the half, the Bullets won the third quarter 28–7 and the game 104–93. Rod Strickland led Washington with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · WSB 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 Q3Final0-5-8+13+11WSB AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB27262823104
CHH322972593
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 23, 17, 10, 16, 19, 17, 28WSB28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 7, 3, 18, 11, 6, 12, 4, 20WSB20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27CHH27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dell CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 20, 6, 19, 10, 23, 5, 12, 18CHH18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
12.7Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
27.81995–96 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.8 in 1995–96 (65 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Toronto by 44, the widest margin of 8 games.

UTA over MIA3LAC over HOU4POR over DAL6MIN over MIL6CLE over IND8WSB over CHH11ATL over NYK17DET over TOR44Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Arvydas Sabonis leads the day with 33

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.
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 9, 8, 23, 26, 15, 15, 18, 33POR @ DAL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 19, 33, 20, 30, 16, 31, 14, 32CLE vs IND · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 20, 20, 22, 24, 29, 22, 26, 28UTA vs MIA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 23, 17, 10, 16, 19, 17, 28WSB @ CHH · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27CHH vs WSB · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 7, 11, 12, 10, 25, 13, 23, 25POR @ DAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 11 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
Arvydas SabonisPOR+4.0 17.3 last 10 · 13.3 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
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.1 5.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Walt WilliamsTOR−3.0 13.0 last 10 · 16.0 season