FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 7, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 11 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final · OT
PHX103
ATL105
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
MIL86
DET76
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +10
Final
CLE90
IND95
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +5
Final
HOU104
MIN95
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +9
Final
SAS74
NJN90
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +16
Final
DAL72
NYK102
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +39; Q4 NYK +30
Final
PHI88
ORL109
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +21
Final
DEN109
SAC96
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIA85
SEA94
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +9
Final
LAC87
TOR80
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +7
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 7, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Clifford Robinson (POR vs MIN), 41 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Indiana rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 at the half, Indiana outscored the Cavaliers 63–47 the rest of the way. Final: 95–90. Dale Davis led Indiana with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

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 Q3Final0-7-11-3+5IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2122232490
IND1418313295
Who led
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 10, 13, 6, 13, 11, 10, 18, 21IND21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 6, 4, 20, 15, 7, 5, 4, 19IND19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 33, 20, 30, 16, 31, 14, 32, 26CLE26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Danny FerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 5, 16, 15, 16, 17, 14, 11, 15CLE15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ MIN

Houston fights back late to top Minnesota

Minnesota led 75–67 after three. Houston won the fourth 37–20 and the game 104–95. Clyde Drexler led Houston with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs MIN
Clyde Drexler · HOUStephon Marbury · MINPTS3723REB51AST36Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Clyde Drexler 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.
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 19, 12, 20, 21, 14, 17, 14, 37HOU @ MIN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 12, 21, 23, 12, 21, 19, 30, 33DEN @ SAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 18, 15, 15, 12, 13, 12, 13, 32PHX @ ATL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 16, 24, 13, 37, 25, 24, 17, 30ATL vs PHX · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 24, 31, 20, 28, 21, 21, 29, 30SEA vs MIA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 2, 24, 18, 11, 25, 26, 36, 18, 15, 28MIA @ SEA · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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
Rony SeikalyORL+4.8 20.8 last 10 · 16.0 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+4.3 17.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+4.3 28.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−4.5 17.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.6 5.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.5 4.8 last 10 · 8.3 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−3.1 9.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mark DavisPHI−3.0 4.1 last 10 · 7.1 season