FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 5, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed VAN by 6 after the first quarter and won 95–82.

Final
PHX102
BOS109
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +7
Final
MIL92
NYK97
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +5
Final
PHI106
SAC107
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +1
Final
LAC93
SAS84
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +9
Final
LAL95
VAN82
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +13
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 5, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Vin Baker (MIL vs POR), 41 points.
The lead · LAL @ VAN

Shaquille O'Neal scores 31 as Lakers win in Vancouver

Final: 95–82. Shaquille O'Neal made 13 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+7+9+13LAL AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1433242495
VAN2020222082
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25, 28, 25, 31LAL31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 19, 10, 24, 17, 20, 20, 12, 21LAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 25, 19, 27, 12, 30, 23, 24, 17VAN17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
George LynchPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 8, 6, 12, 7, 20, 10, 8, 12VAN12 PTS · 16 REB · 1 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
4.7Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · PHX @ BOS

Boston handles Phoenix by 7

The Celtics won the fourth quarter 33–24. Final: 109–102. Todd Day led Boston with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over PHI1NYK over MIL5BOS over PHX7LAC over SAS9LAL over VAN13Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHX.
Top performances

Derrick Coleman leads the day with 35

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.
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 11, 22, 18, 11, 19, 22, 24, 35PHI @ SAC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 30, 17, 13, 27, 16, 22, 16, 32NYK vs MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25, 28, 25, 31LAL @ VAN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 19, 24, 15, 11, 11, 20, 18, 25MIL @ NYK · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 14, 2, 12, 14, 24, 17, 3, 25BOS vs PHX · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 8, 6, 15, 11, 20, 8, 9, 25SAC vs PHI · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 0 REB · 2 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+6.3 20.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.6 20.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+5.4 29.7 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
Shawn KempSEA−3.4 18.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.3 6.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.2 5.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−3.1 9.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mark DavisPHI−3.1 4.3 last 10 · 7.4 season