FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 4, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 108–86.

Final
MIN101
CHH115
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH +18; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +14
Final
SAC96
DAL104
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +8
Final
ATL107
GSW85
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +23; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +22
Final
LAL86
LAC108
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +22
Final
CLE79
MIL78
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +1
Final
VAN105
NJN111
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +6
Final
HOU95
NYK99
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
IND87
ORL111
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +24
Final
CHI88
POR84
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +4
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 · 1995–96Feb 4, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ LAL), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ LAC

Clippers upset Lakers

Clippers (18–25) beat Lakers (34–12) 108–86. Rodney Rogers led Clippers with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+7+11+22LAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2815281586
LAC21293226108
Who led
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 14, 4, 12, 9, 10, 19, 24LAC24 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 21, 8, 0, 31, 12, 28, 25, 22LAC22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 19, 17, 5, 2, 4, 10, 15, 20LAL20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 7, 24, 19, 25, 19, 14, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Magic rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Indiana by 24.

CLE over MIL1NYK over HOU4CHI over POR4NJN over VAN6DAL over SAC8CHH over MIN14ATL over GSW22LAC over LAL22ORL over IND24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Peeler leads the day with 40

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.
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 11, 13, 21, 8, 13, 18, 13, 40VAN @ NJN · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 22, 20, 18, 12, 41, 24, 14, 36ATL @ GSW · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 51, 32, 24, 28, 32, 18, 45, 36CHI @ POR · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 18, 8, 33, 25, 17, 22, 27, 35MIN @ CHH · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 23, 15, 9, 5, 20, 10, 15, 32NJN vs VAN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 38, 33, 38, 28, 28, 35, 26, 31SAC @ DAL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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+7.9 33.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Gary TrentPOR+6.0 17.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+5.4 18.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Todd DayBOS+5.2 17.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+5.1 19.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
George McCloudDAL−3.9 9.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Hot Rod,WilliamsPHX−3.7 3.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Danny FerryCLE−3.0 6.3 last 10 · 9.3 season