FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 10, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed PHI by 15 after the first quarter and won 104–97.

Final
MIL91
BOS96
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +5
Final
WAS101
CHH104
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +14; Q4 CHH +3
Final
DEN83
CLE102
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +19
Final
LAL92
GSW93
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +1
Final
CHI98
ORL106
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +8
Final
TOR104
PHI97
Q1 TOR -15; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +7
Final
IND85
POR93
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +8
Final
LAC87
SAS102
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +15
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 10, 1996: 11 games. Top scorer: Joe Smith (GSW @ TOR), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHI

Walt Williams drops 39 in 15-point comeback win over Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 15 after one. Final: 104–97.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15+3+11+7TOR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23342324104
PHI3816152897
Who led
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 25, 7, 9, 8, 0, 14, 9, 39TOR39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 30, 21, 25, 16, 20, 23, 15, 14TOR14 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 13, 31, 13, 21, 5, 27, 21, 21PHI21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 19, 13, 21, 12, 10, 20, 8, 19PHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ GSW

Golden State takes over late to edge Lakers

Down 3 after three, Golden State won the fourth 19–15. Final: 93–92. Joe Smith led Golden State with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over LAL1CHH over WAS3BOS over MIL5TOR over PHI7ORL over CHI8POR over IND8SAS over LAC15CLE over DEN19Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.6Season avg26.5Last 3

26.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Walt Williams leads the day with 39

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.
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 25, 7, 9, 8, 0, 14, 9, 39TOR @ PHI · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 34, 18, 23, 23, 25, 19, 14, 30SAS vs LAC · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 21, 14, 19, 30, 27, 15, 19, 29CHH vs WAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 10, 20, 6, 14, 6, 24, 24, 27GSW vs LAL · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 3, 10, 8, 14, 10, 29, 24, 26ORL vs CHI · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 49, 33, 26, 26, 29, 29, 13, 29, 25CHI @ ORL · L
26.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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
John WallaceTOR+4.3 21.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Bison DeleDET+3.3 22.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Toni KukocCHI+3.1 17.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Allan HoustonNYK+2.6 15.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Karl MaloneUTA+2.2 27.9 last 10 · 25.6 season
Cold
Malik SealyDET−3.1 8.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Lindsey HunterDET−2.7 13.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−2.7 17.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Eddie JonesLAL−2.4 16.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Ray AllenMIL−2.4 16.1 last 10 · 18.6 season