FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 6, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–101.

Final
UTA89
CHI102
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +13
Final
CHH109
GSW101
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +8
Final
LAL84
POR88
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +4
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 6, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA @ DEN), 38 points.
The lead · CHH @ GSW

Glen Rice goes for 39 in Charlotte win over Golden State

Charlotte won 109–101.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30+1+8CHH AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH34252327109
GSW37222220101
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27, 39CHH39 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 18, 19, 18, 17, 18, 14, 11, 27CHH27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26GSW26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 16, 3, 30, 24, 30, 27, 28, 23GSW23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ POR

Portland makes it five straight

Portland beat Lakers 88–84 and moved to 19–15. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Lvs SEA102–106Wvs DAL107–77L@ SAC99–101Lvs WSB84–106L@ UTA94–99W@ LAC102–98Wvs SAS110–86W@ HOU112–96W@ DAL110–104Wvs LAL88–84POR: last 10 games through Jan 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.0Season avg30.1Last 3

30.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice 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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27, 39CHH @ GSW · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25, 28, 25, 31, 34LAL @ POR · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 18, 19, 18, 17, 18, 14, 11, 27CHH @ GSW · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 20, 22, 24, 29, 22, 26, 28, 27UTA @ CHI · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26GSW vs CHH · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 8, 23, 26, 15, 15, 18, 33, 24POR vs LAL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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+4.3 17.9 last 10 · 13.6 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