FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 14, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by SAC (vs IND) and PHX (vs DEN).

Final
MIN93
ATL95
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +2
Final
GSW108
BOS116
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final
WSB107
CHI108
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +1
Final
NYK86
HOU106
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +20
Final
VAN81
LAL91
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +10
Final
DEN101
PHX110
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DET86
POR95
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +9
Final · OT
IND98
SAC105
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +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 14, 1996: 1 game. Top scorer: Michael Finley (PHX vs CLE), 20 points.
The lead · IND @ SAC

Mitch Richmond scores 37, Sacramento wins in overtime

Tied 94–94 after regulation. Final: 105–98.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-8+60+7SAC AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND26262121498
SAC2024351511105
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 40, 32, 33, 24, 19, 32, 17, 37SAC37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 8, 9, 25, 18, 27, 22, 17SAC17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 15, 6, 8, 13, 10, 16, 17, 30IND30 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 15, 37, 13, 33, 20, 18, 11, 21IND21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 8 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 8 after one, Phoenix outscored the Nuggets 86–69 the rest of the way. Final: 110–101. Kevin Johnson led Phoenix with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 16 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs DEN
Kevin Johnson · PHXLaPhonso Ellis · DENPTS2533REB36AST162Top 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
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 11 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 34, 45, 28, 22, 23, 33, 32, 39CHI vs WSB · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 40, 32, 33, 24, 19, 32, 17, 37SAC vs IND · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 22, 19, 18, 25, 17, 15, 33WSB @ CHI · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 30, 27, 28, 23, 38, 13, 18, 33GSW @ BOS · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 19, 30, 33, 23, 14, 28, 23, 33DEN @ PHX · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26, 23, 27, 21, 32GSW @ BOS · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Joe SmithGSW+6.4 26.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.0 22.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.7 19.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Glen RiceCHH+5.4 27.9 last 10 · 22.5 season
Anthony PeelerVAN+5.1 19.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Joe DumarsDET−5.0 9.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.6 18.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Nick Van ExelLAL−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.3 5.0 last 10 · 8.3 season