FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 20, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DET by 8 at halftime and won 89–86.

Final
CHH97
ATL106
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +9
Final
NJN123
DEN132
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DAL99
LAL109
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +10
Final
SAS83
MIN96
Q1 MIN +20; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +13
Final
WSB79
NYK95
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +16
Final
MIL114
PHI104
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +10
Final
DET86
PHX89
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +3
Final
VAN96
SEA112
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +16
Final
CLE74
UTA94
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +20
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 20, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (DEN vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ PHX

Phoenix climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 8 at the half. Phoenix won it 89–86. Kevin Johnson led Phoenix with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-8-5+3PHX AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2219212486
PHX1716243289
Who led
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 13, 34, 20, 22, 25, 21, 21, 19PHX19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 13, 22, 4, 26, 23, 16, 32, 18PHX18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 15, 4, 11, 19, 12, 16, 14, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 6, 24, 19, 19, 20, 31, 34, 19DET19 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Second story · CHH @ ATL

Atlanta leads Charlotte wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 106–97. Best quarter: the first, 29–22. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over DET3ATL over CHH9DEN over NJN9LAL over DAL10MIL over PHI10MIN over SAS13NYK over WSB16SEA over VAN16UTA over CLE20Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CHH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.9Season avg27.7Last 3

27.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LaPhonso Ellis 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.
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 23, 14, 28, 23, 33, 27, 18, 36DEN vs NJN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 39, 27, 25, 26, 25, 35, 33, 33CHH @ ATL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 38, 24, 19, 28, 28, 30, 17, 32UTA vs CLE · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 25, 22, 26, 23, 12, 27, 37, 31PHI vs MIL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 18, 27, 15, 8, 26, 17, 17, 31ATL vs CHH · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 21, 29, 30, 21, 10, 15, 23, 30SEA vs VAN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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
Glen RiceCHH+7.2 30.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Isaiah RiderPOR+6.2 21.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
LaPhonso EllisDEN+5.6 26.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Horace GrantORL+4.6 17.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+4.6 18.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−4.1 9.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 8.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Malik SealyLAC−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Matt MaloneyHOU−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.5 11.1 last 10 · 14.6 season