FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 9, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by CHH (vs TOR) and DET (vs DEN).

Final
MIA97
ATL81
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +16
Final
NYK82
CHI100
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +18
Final
LAC99
DAL92
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
Final
DEN83
DET92
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +9
Final
SAS78
HOU108
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +30
Final
SEA108
MIN99
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +9
Final
VAN85
PHX107
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +22
Final
UTA101
SAC113
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +12
Final
CHH95
TOR82
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +13
Final
NJN99
WAS120
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +21
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 · 1996–97Dec 9, 1996: 2 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ VAN), 30 points.
The lead · DEN @ DET

Detroit gets past Denver

92–83, with Detroit ahead 38–34 at halftime. Bison Dele led Detroit with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+10+9DET AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN268202983
DET2018262892
Who led
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 19, 27, 26, 26, 21, 26, 18, 21DET21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 16, 16, 4, 22, 20, 15, 5, 16DET16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Priest LauderdalePoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 7, 12, 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 16DEN16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 4, 19, 31, 32, 19, 11, 10, 12DEN12 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat San Antonio by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

LAC over DAL7DET over DEN9SEA over MIN9SAC over UTA12CHH over TOR13MIA over ATL16CHI over NYK18WAS over NJN21PHX over VAN22HOU over SAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 34

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 33, 21, 42, 19, 23, 24, 31, 34UTA @ SAC · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 49, 33, 26, 26, 29, 29, 13, 29CHI vs NYK · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Khalid ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 0, 11, 9, 11, 9, 24, 16, 28DAL vs LAC · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 21, 13, 8, 13, 7, 8, 24, 27SAC vs UTA · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 20, 13, 5, 5, 18, 16, 20, 26WAS vs NJN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 31, 21, 16, 25, 26, 29, 24, 24SAC vs UTA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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
John WallaceTOR+3.9 21.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Bison DeleDET+3.3 22.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Lamond MurrayLAC+2.7 17.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK+2.6 15.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+2.4 15.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Malik SealyDET−3.1 8.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Lindsey HunterDET−2.7 13.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
David RobinsonSAS−2.5 20.9 last 10 · 23.4 season
Bo OutlawORL−1.9 7.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Darrick MartinLAC−1.8 7.5 last 10 · 9.3 season