FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 15, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed NJN by 8 at halftime and won 116–104.

Final
NJN104
CHH116
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH -8; Q3 CHH -6; Q4 CHH +12
Final
ORL78
DAL66
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +12
Final
IND108
LAC93
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI112
MIN102
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +10
Final
GSW128
PHI111
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +17
Final
NYK94
SAS77
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +17
Final
TOR78
SEA122
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +27; Q3 SEA +34; Q4 SEA +44
Final
DET103
VAN79
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +24
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 15, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ WSB), 46 points.
The lead · NJN @ CHH

Glen Rice goes for 35 in Charlotte win over New Jersey

Charlotte won 116–104.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-3-8-6+12CHH AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN30252425104
CHH27202643116
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 38, 37, 27, 39, 27, 25, 26, 25, 35CHH35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 12, 16, 18, 22, 17, 12, 12, 25CHH25 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 23, 13, 28, 16, 16, 30, 41, 30NJN30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Robert PackPoints, last 10 games: 29, 8, 27, 22, 4, 11, 28, 14, 33, 17NJN17 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Toronto by 44, the widest margin of 8 games.

CHI over MIN10CHH over NJN12ORL over DAL12IND over LAC15GSW over PHI17NYK over SAS17DET over VAN24SEA over TOR44Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg16.9Last 3

16.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell 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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 17, 39, 26, 23, 27, 21, 32, 38GSW @ PHI · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 38, 37, 27, 39, 27, 25, 26, 25, 35CHH vs NJN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 2, 11, 15, 2, 16, 8, 17, 34PHI vs GSW · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 25, 20, 6, 24, 19, 19, 20, 31DET @ VAN · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 23, 13, 28, 16, 16, 30, 41, 30NJN @ CHH · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 18, 16, 24, 19, 17, 25, 29CHI @ MIN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
Glen RiceCHH+6.7 29.6 last 10 · 22.9 season
Joe SmithGSW+5.8 26.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.7 19.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.2 21.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+4.9 22.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Joe DumarsDET−4.9 9.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Malik SealyLAC−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nick Van ExelLAL−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.3 5.0 last 10 · 8.3 season