FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 27, 1997Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
VAN97
GSW122
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +25
Final
PHX97
MIA125
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +28
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 27, 1996: 11 games. Top scorer: Rex Chapman (MIA @ CLE), 29 points.
The lead · VAN @ GSW

Latrell Sprewell scores 33 in Golden State rout of Vancouver

Final: 122–97, a 25-point win.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+6+15+25GSW AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2224242797
GSW27253337122
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 32, 38, 26, 25, 46, 18, 27, 33GSW33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 33, 26, 26, 13, 21, 17, 17, 30GSW30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 15, 12, 26, 19, 22, 6, 21, 23VAN23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 9, 15, 17, 4, 11, 11, 13, 21VAN21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIA

Miami leads Phoenix wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 125–97. Best quarter: the fourth, 36–34. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs PHX
Tim Hardaway · MIALoren Meyer · PHXPTS2118REB32AST100Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.8Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg24.9Today

25 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 33

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, 21, 32, 38, 26, 25, 46, 18, 27, 33GSW vs VAN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 33, 26, 26, 13, 21, 17, 17, 30GSW vs VAN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 15, 12, 26, 19, 22, 6, 21, 23VAN @ GSW · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 28, 22, 9, 9, 24, 26, 11, 21MIA vs PHX · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 9, 15, 17, 4, 11, 11, 13, 21VAN @ GSW · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 32, 20, 34, 14, 15, 14, 22, 20MIA vs PHX · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Horace GrantORL+4.6 17.1 last 10 · 12.5 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
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season