FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 17, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DAL by 7 after three quarters and won 88–78.

Final
MIL73
CHI100
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +27
Final
HOU88
DAL78
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU +10
Final
GSW98
IND91
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +7
Final · OT
NJN105
PHI103
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
TOR94
POR92
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SAC76
SAS96
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +20
Final
CLE84
SEA96
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +12
Final
UTA106
VAN68
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +33; Q4 UTA +38
Final
MIA103
WSB92
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +11
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 17, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA vs WSB), 38 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Houston makes it three straight

Houston beat Dallas 88–78 and moved to 30–9. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-2-7+10HOU AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1622203088
DAL1624251378
Who led
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29, 15, 26, 26HOU26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Sam MackPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 3, 9, 3, 9, 4, 2, 7, 13HOU13 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 4, 7, 4, 9, 14, 6, 2, 17DAL17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derek HarperPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 2, 15, 6, 7, 13, 4, 12, 16DAL16 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
27.11995–96 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 1995–96 (76 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 38.

NJN over PHI2TOR over POR2GSW over IND7HOU over DAL10MIA over WSB11SEA over CLE12SAS over SAC20CHI over MIL27UTA over VAN38Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 36

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 26, 24, 22, 25, 21, 26, 17, 36MIL @ CHI · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 28, 18, 14, 17, 31, 32, 20, 34MIA @ WSB · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 16, 17, 24, 20, 18, 23, 17, 33WSB vs MIA · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 28, 27, 38, 24, 19, 28, 28, 30UTA @ VAN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 2, 11, 15, 2, 16, 8, 17, 34, 29PHI vs NJN · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 13, 28, 16, 16, 30, 41, 30, 29NJN @ PHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Isaiah RiderPOR+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Joe SmithGSW+5.9 26.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.2 18.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Joe DumarsDET−4.9 9.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Malik SealyLAC−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.2 9.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nick Van ExelLAL−3.2 10.8 last 10 · 14.0 season