FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 8, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed GSW by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–95.

Final
SAS83
BOS107
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +24
Final
HOU81
CLE78
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SEA109
DEN99
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +10
Final
VAN109
GSW95
Q1 VAN -9; Q2 VAN +2; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN +14
Final
CHH97
LAL101
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +4
Final · OT
UTA112
MIL119
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +7
Final
DAL111
PHI93
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +18
Final
MIA85
POR81
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +4
Final · OT
PHX113
WSB115
Q1 WSB -7; Q2 WSB -6; Q3 WSB +2; Q4 WSB 0; OT1 WSB +2
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 8, 1996: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs MIA), 32 points.
The lead · VAN @ GSW

Shareef Abdur-Rahim scores 34 in Vancouver win over Golden State

Final: 109–95. Shareef Abdur-Rahim added 5 rebounds and 0 assists. Joe Smith scored 38 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · VAN 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 Q3Final0-9+2+8+14VAN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN21302731109
GSW3019212595
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 17, 24, 20, 21, 20, 19, 12, 34VAN34 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 4, 10, 11, 13, 6, 13, 2, 21VAN21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 3, 30, 24, 30, 27, 28, 23, 38GSW38 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26, 23GSW23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Celtics rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat San Antonio by 24.

WSB over PHX2HOU over CLE3LAL over CHH4MIA over POR4MIL over UTA7SEA over DEN10VAN over GSW14DAL over PHI18BOS over SAS24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
27.81995–96 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 1995–96 (65 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 38

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 22, 24, 29, 22, 26, 28, 27, 38UTA @ MIL · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 19 REB · 8 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 3, 30, 24, 30, 27, 28, 23, 38GSW vs VAN · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 15, 11, 11, 20, 18, 25, 18, 38MIL vs UTA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 13, 10, 28, 25, 30, 15, 13, 34PHX @ WSB · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 17, 24, 20, 21, 20, 19, 12, 34VAN @ GSW · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 11, 25, 26, 36, 18, 15, 28, 28MIA @ POR · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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+5.7 21.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.1 18.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.8 20.8 last 10 · 16.0 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+4.3 28.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Armen GilliamMIL−3.9 5.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.2 18.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Walt WilliamsTOR−3.0 13.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Eric WilliamsBOS−2.9 8.1 last 10 · 11.0 season