FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 25, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final
BOS90
ATL95
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
TOR98
CHI110
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +12
Final
CHH73
CLE106
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +33
Final
NJN81
DAL92
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +11
Final
PHI95
DET104
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +9
Final · OT
UTA105
HOU100
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final
MIL88
IND86
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
MIN94
POR101
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +7
Final
DEN83
VAN82
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +1
Final
SAC105
WSB113
Q1 WSB 0; Q2 WSB -2; Q3 WSB +3; Q4 WSB +8
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 25, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Loy Vaught (LAC vs DEN), 26 points.
The lead · UTA @ HOU

Utah pulls away in overtime to beat Houston

Level at 91 after 48 minutes, Utah won overtime 14–9. Final: 105–100. Karl Malone led Utah with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists. Hakeem Olajuwon scored 41 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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.Final0-9000+5UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA1924202814105
HOU281520289100
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 19, 28, 28, 30, 17, 32, 41, 27UTA27 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 12, 12, 12, 6, 11, 5, 23, 26UTA26 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 15, 26, 26, 32, 26, 20, 41HOU41 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 31, 7, 19, 12, 9, 17, 39, 20, 21HOU21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Charlotte by 33, the widest margin of 10 games.

DEN over VAN1MIL over IND2ATL over BOS5UTA over HOU5POR over MIN7WSB over SAC8DET over PHI9DAL over NJN11CHI over TOR12CLE over CHH33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 41

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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 15, 26, 26, 32, 26, 20, 41HOU vs UTA · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 32, 17, 37, 23, 9, 38, 33, 38SAC @ WSB · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 14, 22, 21, 27, 20, 17, 14, 32MIN @ POR · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 19, 28, 28, 30, 17, 32, 41, 27UTA @ HOU · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 15, 33, 4, 25, 17, 16, 23, 27WSB vs SAC · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 28, 19, 6, 24, 34, 12, 22, 26TOR @ CHI · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 11 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
Kendall GillNJN+6.7 28.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Glen RiceCHH+5.7 29.8 last 10 · 24.1 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.1 22.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Clar. WeatherspoonPHI+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Wesley PersonPHX+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Gerald WilkinsORL−5.2 7.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Nick AndersonORL−3.6 9.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Dale EllisDEN−3.5 14.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Tom HammondsDEN−3.2 2.6 last 10 · 5.8 season
Dan MajerleMIA−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season