FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 20, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WSB trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 85–81.

Final
TOR125
BOS94
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +31
Final
WSB85
CLE81
Q1 WSB -4; Q2 WSB -9; Q3 WSB -2; Q4 WSB +4
Final · OT
DET124
IND120
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +4
Final
CHH100
MIL120
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +20
Final
ATL92
NJN108
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +16
Final
LAL96
POR100
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
Final
UTA113
SAC109
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +4
Final
HOU103
SAS99
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +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 · 1995–96Apr 20, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Cedric Ceballos (LAL vs MIN), 36 points.
The lead · WSB @ CLE

Washington makes it four straight

Washington beat Cleveland 85–81 and moved to 44–38. Chris Webber led Washington with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WSB 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9-2+4WSB AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB2312292185
CLE2717221581
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 31, 21, 19, 25, 27, 20, 18, 23WSB23 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 15, 7, 16, 16, 20, 34, 27, 19WSB19 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 25, 31, 22, 20, 10, 23, 28CLE28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 20, 8, 8, 8, 3, 4, 4, 12CLE12 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 81 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg48.2Today

48 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 82 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Raptors rout

Five of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Boston by 31.

WSB over CLE4DET over IND4POR over LAL4UTA over SAC4HOU over SAS4NJN over ATL16MIL over CHH20TOR over BOS31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Grant Hill 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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 22, 21, 21, 20, 27, 12, 14, 38DET @ IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 5, 6, 17, 7, 17, 2, 28, 34SAC vs UTA · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 25, 29, 6, 22, 29, 11, 28, 32TOR @ BOS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 19, 24, 13, 15, 17, 4, 16, 31MIL vs CHH · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 15, 10, 9, 10, 17, 17, 6, 30DET @ IND · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 31, 25, 4, 8, 3, 21, 21, 29LAL @ POR · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 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
Allen IversonPHI+13.1 36.6 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tom HammondsDEN+10.8 17.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Marty ConlonBOS+7.9 15.7 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ricky PierceCHH+7.3 18.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+7.2 24.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Latrell SprewellGSW−7.2 17.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−5.5 4.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Reggie MillerIND−5.2 16.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.2 9.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−5.1 15.5 last 10 · 20.6 season