FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 18, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NYK by 13 at halftime and won 105–98.

Final
MIL71
ATL94
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +23
Final
WSB112
BOS106
Q1 WSB -11; Q2 WSB +8; Q3 WSB +8; Q4 WSB +6
Final
DAL107
DEN104
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +3
Final · 2OT
DET100
LAL97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET 0; OT2 DET +3
Final
GSW93
MIN108
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +15
Final
CHH102
NJN92
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +10
Final
NYK98
PHX105
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +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 18, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs BOS), 51 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHX

Cedric Ceballos scores 32, Phoenix rallies past New York

Phoenix trailed by 13 at the half and won 105–98.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-3-13+3+7PHX AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2434202098
PHX21243624105
Who led
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 2, 13, 22, 4, 26, 23, 16, 32PHX32 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 15, 13, 34, 20, 22, 25, 21, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 32, 18, 31, 30, 13, 18, 28NYK28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 9, 15, 14, 13, 12, 13, 20, 19NYK19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · WSB @ BOS

Washington climbs out of an 11-point hole against Boston

Down 11 after one, the Bullets won the second quarter 37–18 and the game 112–106. Chris Webber led Washington with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WSB vs BOS
Chris Webber · WSBDavid Wesley · BOSPTS2522REB95AST714Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 34

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 20, 6, 24, 19, 19, 20, 31, 34DET @ LAL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 38, 37, 27, 39, 27, 25, 26, 25, 35, 33CHH @ NJN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 2, 13, 22, 4, 26, 23, 16, 32PHX vs NYK · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 32, 18, 31, 30, 13, 18, 28NYK @ PHX · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 7, 4, 9, 14, 6, 2, 17, 27DAL @ DEN · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 16, 22, 8, 15, 14, 22, 21, 27MIN vs GSW · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 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
Glen RiceCHH+8.0 31.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Isaiah RiderPOR+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.2 18.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Vernon MaxwellSAS+5.1 17.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+5.0 22.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Joe DumarsDET−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Malik SealyLAC−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nick Van ExelLAL−3.4 10.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.2 9.4 last 10 · 12.6 season