FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 12, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 79–77.

Final
WAS88
BOS97
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS -9; Q4 BOS +9
Final
CHI77
CHH79
Q1 CHH -11; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +2
Final
MIA89
IND104
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +15
Final
ATL83
LAC74
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +9
Final
HOU102
LAL119
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +17
Final
DEN91
PHI106
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +15
Final
POR98
SEA111
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +13
Final
DAL66
UTA68
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +2
Final
GSW88
VAN95
Q1 VAN 0; Q2 VAN -1; Q3 VAN +10; Q4 VAN +7
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 12, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL vs SEA), 32 points.
The lead · CHI @ CHH

Charlotte climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 11 after one. Charlotte won it 79–77. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-11-2+8+2CHH AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2914132177
CHH1823231579
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 14, 19, 30, 27, 15, 19, 29, 21CHH21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 5, 9, 9, 8, 14, 12, 15, 10CHH10 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 49, 33, 26, 26, 29, 29, 13, 29, 25, 28CHI28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 30, 7, 15, 15, 19, 20, 24, 14CHI14 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Lakers by 17.

CHH over CHI2UTA over DAL2VAN over GSW7BOS over WAS9ATL over LAC9SEA over POR13IND over MIA15PHI over DEN15LAL over HOU17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
35.31996–97 avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 1996–97 (82 games). Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 32

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 13, 21, 12, 10, 20, 8, 19, 32PHI vs DEN · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 19, 14, 15, 19, 24, 27, 21, 30VAN vs GSW · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 6, 17, 8, 4, 10, 9, 10, 30LAL vs HOU · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 18, 25, 15, 24, 16, 14, 14, 29IND vs MIA · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 49, 33, 26, 26, 29, 29, 13, 29, 25, 28CHI @ CHH · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 12, 26, 20, 18, 23, 10, 28MIA @ IND · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 10 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
Wesley PersonCLE+4.7 23.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
John WallaceTOR+4.3 21.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Bison DeleDET+3.7 22.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Elden CampbellLAL+3.5 17.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Toni KukocCHI+3.4 17.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Malik SealyDET−3.5 8.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Eddie JonesLAL−3.5 15.0 last 10 · 18.5 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR−3.1 12.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
A.C. GreenDAL−2.9 5.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Lindsey HunterDET−2.7 13.3 last 10 · 16.0 season