FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 18, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAS by 14 at halftime and won 106–95.

Final
TOR108
CHH100
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +8
Final
CLE82
DET75
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +7
Final · OT
DAL102
HOU112
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +10
Final
LAL123
LAC95
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +26; Q4 LAL +28
Final
NJN86
MIA74
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +12
Final
MIL112
MIN122
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +10
Final
IND89
NYK97
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +8
Final
BOS119
PHI113
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +6
Final
PHX106
SAS95
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -14; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
ORL93
WSB104
Q1 WSB -1; Q2 WSB -3; Q3 WSB +9; Q4 WSB +11
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 · 1995–96Apr 18, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs LAC), 35 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAS

Phoenix fights back from 14 down against San Antonio

Final: 106–95, after trailing by 14 at the half. Cedric Ceballos led Phoenix with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-14+3+11PHX AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX15263728106
SAS2233202095
Who led
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 23, 0, 0, 0, 8, 2, 10, 10, 23, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 13, 22, 14, 12, 18, 26, 24, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Will PerduePoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 4, 4, 7, 13, 9, 8, 13, 16SAS16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Cory AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 9, 24, 15, 10, 15, 7, 9, 14SAS14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg38.6Last 5

38.6 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 74 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 67 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg47.6Today

48 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Lakers by 28.

BOS over PHI6CLE over DET7TOR over CHH8NYK over IND8HOU over DAL10MIN over MIL10PHX over SAS11WSB over ORL11NJN over MIA12LAL over LAC28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 38

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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 41, 42, 29, 18, 16, 25, 25, 38CHH vs TOR · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 32, 44, 40, 44, 50, 40, 27, 32PHI vs BOS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 10, 12, 17, 27, 18, 14, 21, 29MIL @ MIN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 35, 23, 25, 29, 6, 22, 29, 11, 28TOR @ CHH · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 7, 16, 34, 17, 22, 10, 25, 28BOS @ PHI · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 20, 18, 18, 16, 8, 20, 11, 27HOU vs DAL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 9 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
Allen IversonPHI+11.9 35.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Tom HammondsDEN+8.9 15.0 last 10 · 6.1 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+8.8 26.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ricky PierceCHH+8.1 19.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marty ConlonBOS+7.4 15.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Latrell SprewellGSW−7.2 17.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.1 4.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shawn KempSEA−5.6 13.1 last 10 · 18.7 season
Vin BakerMIL−5.5 15.4 last 10 · 20.9 season
Reggie MillerIND−5.1 16.5 last 10 · 21.6 season