FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 11, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAC by 12 at halftime and won 95–93.

Final · OT
SAS82
ATL87
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +5
Final
HOU86
CHI110
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +24
Final
WSB98
CLE85
Q1 WSB +8; Q2 WSB +19; Q3 WSB +13; Q4 WSB +13
Final
DEN99
DAL104
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
UTA77
DET87
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +10
Final
LAC93
MIN95
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +2
Final
TOR123
NJN106
Q1 TOR +31; Q2 TOR +32; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +17
Final
BOS99
NYK112
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +13
Final
IND82
SEA92
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +10
Final
SAC109
VAN101
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +8
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 11, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Joe Smith (GSW vs PHX), 28 points.
The lead · LAC @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of a 12-point hole against Clippers

Down 12 at the half, the Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 29–23 and the game 95–93. Tom Gugliotta led Minnesota with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-6-12-4+2MIN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2627172393
MIN2021252995
Who led
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 22, 27, 17, 32, 25, 22, 26, 28MIN28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 27, 18, 13, 11, 14, 23, 22, 20MIN20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 6, 6, 38, 20, 9, 9, 18, 19LAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 11, 16, 13, 9, 16, 4, 5, 15LAC15 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 34 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAC @ VAN

Sacramento climbs back to beat Vancouver

Vancouver led by 9 after one. Sacramento won it 109–101. Mitch Richmond led Sacramento with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs VAN
Mitch Richmond · SACShareef Abdur-Rahim · VANPTS3237REB37AST131Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim 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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 20, 21, 20, 19, 12, 34, 17, 37VAN vs SAC · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 18, 27, 40, 32, 33, 24, 19, 32SAC @ VAN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 23, 34, 45, 28, 22, 23, 33, 32CHI vs HOU · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 31, 22, 23, 13, 28, 16, 16, 30NJN vs TOR · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 27, 16, 22, 16, 32, 18, 31, 30NYK vs BOS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 11, 13, 6, 13, 2, 21, 14, 30VAN vs SAC · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.9 22.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.1 18.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+4.9 19.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rony SeikalyORL+4.5 20.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Glen RiceCHH+4.2 26.6 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Joe DumarsDET−4.3 10.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.6 18.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.4 5.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season