FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 9, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed ORL by 5 at halftime and won 97–92.

Final
MIN110
NJN107
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +3
Final · OT
ATL97
ORL92
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +5
Final
UTA96
TOR110
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +14
Final
GSW102
VAN86
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +16
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 9, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: A.C. Green (PHX vs LAC), 29 points.
The lead · ATL @ ORL

Atlanta needs overtime to survive Orlando

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Atlanta won the final period 10–5 for a 97–92 win. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+8-5-10+5ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL301924141097
ORL22322013592
Who led
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 16, 22, 18, 5, 12, 18, 18, 27ATL27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Henry JamesPoints, last 9 games: 4, 9, 11, 2, 13, 11, 19, 10, 20ATL20 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 1, 6, 5, 16, 20, 8, 9, 12, 20, 24ORL24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 33, 11, 9, 15, 31, 20, 23, 22ORL22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ VAN

Golden State beats Vancouver, 102–86

Golden State led 77–70 after three and won by 16. Latrell Sprewell led Golden State with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over NJN3ATL over ORL5TOR over UTA14GSW over VAN16Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Robert Pack leads the day with 28

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.
Robert PackPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 15, 29, 8, 27, 22, 4, 11, 28NJN vs MIN · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26, 23, 27GSW @ VAN · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 16, 22, 18, 5, 12, 18, 18, 27ATL @ ORL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 14, 8, 18, 16, 32, 4, 25, 27TOR vs UTA · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 16, 22, 27, 17, 32, 25, 22, 26MIN @ NJN · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 24, 29, 22, 26, 28, 27, 38, 24UTA @ TOR · L
25.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 8 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+6.1 20.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.1 20.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.1 18.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.5 20.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+4.3 28.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Armen GilliamMIL−3.9 5.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.2 18.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chris MullinGSW−2.9 11.7 last 10 · 14.6 season