FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 30, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed SAC by 1 at halftime and won 111–93.

Final
MIN92
DAL82
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +10
Final
DEN113
HOU109
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
VAN94
LAC100
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +6
Final
PHX101
NJN113
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +12
Final
CHI111
SAC93
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +18
Final
ATL96
UTA102
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +6
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 30, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Charles Barkley (PHX @ MIA), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAC

Michael Jordan scores 32 as Chicago wins in Sacramento

Final: 111–93. Michael Jordan made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-1+6+18CHI AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI24242736111
SAC2029202493
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 25, 24, 26, 51, 32, 24, 28, 32CHI32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 29, 20, 5, 15, 13, 12, 24, 22CHI22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 37, 23, 9, 38, 33, 38, 28, 28SAC28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 17, 10, 8, 23, 13, 6, 6, 19SAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DEN @ HOU

Denver never trails at a break against Houston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–109. Ricky Pierce led Denver with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over HOU4LAC over VAN6UTA over ATL6MIN over DAL10NJN over PHX12CHI over SAC18Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.4Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.4 in 39 earlier games. Today: 48 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 48

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: 26, 29, 15, 26, 26, 32, 26, 20, 41, 48HOU vs DEN · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 17, 17, 31, 22, 20, 18, 12, 41ATL @ UTA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 28, 30, 17, 32, 41, 27, 28, 32UTA vs ATL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 41, 30, 29, 24, 30, 32, 28, 23, 19, 32NJN vs PHX · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 25, 24, 26, 51, 32, 24, 28, 32CHI @ SAC · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris GatlingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 11, 8, 16, 21, 19, 25, 8, 29DAL vs MIN · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 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+7.0 28.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Glen RiceCHH+6.5 31.0 last 10 · 24.5 season
Darrick MartinLAC+5.5 16.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Clar. WeatherspoonPHI+5.0 17.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Voshon LenardMIA+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Gerald WilkinsORL−4.7 7.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
George McCloudDAL−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tom HammondsDEN−3.7 1.9 last 10 · 5.6 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.4 6.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Tyus EdneySAC−3.3 4.1 last 10 · 7.4 season