FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 13, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed CLE by 16 after the first quarter and won 85–84.

Final
TOR70
CHI97
Q1 CHI +15; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +27
Final
CHH85
CLE84
Q1 CHH -16; Q2 CHH -8; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +1
Final
BOS77
DET93
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +16
Final · OT
SAC91
GSW95
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +4
Final
WAS92
IND109
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +17
Final
MIA87
MIL84
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +3
Final
PHX101
MIN112
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +11
Final
DEN95
NJN133
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +24; Q3 NJN +40; Q4 NJN +38
Final
PHI83
NYK95
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +12
Final
ORL78
SAS107
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +29
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 13, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs POR), 34 points.
The lead · CHH @ CLE

Glen Rice scores 32 as Charlotte wins in Cleveland

Final: 85–84. Glen Rice made 9 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-16-80+1CHH AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH929262185
CLE2521182084
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 19, 30, 27, 15, 19, 29, 21, 32CHH32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 9, 9, 8, 14, 12, 15, 10, 12CHH12 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 13, 18, 6, 25, 11, 17, 18, 25CLE25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 15, 16, 4, 2, 12, 12, 6, 15CLE15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat Denver by 38.

CHH over CLE1MIA over MIL3GSW over SAC4MIN over PHX11NYK over PHI12DET over BOS16IND over WAS17CHI over TOR27SAS over ORL29NJN over DEN38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg35.3Today

35 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 17, 20, 23, 16, 18, 13, 14, 32SAS vs ORL · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 19, 30, 27, 15, 19, 29, 21, 32CHH @ CLE · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 26, 26, 21, 26, 18, 21, 19, 31DET vs BOS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 21, 10, 26, 33, 14, 15, 20, 31WAS @ IND · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 21, 16, 25, 26, 29, 24, 24, 30SAC @ GSW · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 5 games: 11, 16, 23, 24, 30NJN vs DEN · W
20.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Bison DeleDET+4.0 23.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE+3.7 22.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Johnny NewmanDEN+3.6 17.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK+3.5 17.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Elden CampbellLAL+3.5 17.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−3.5 15.0 last 10 · 18.5 season
Malik SealyDET−3.3 8.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR−3.1 12.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
David WesleyCHH−3.0 8.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
A.C. GreenDAL−2.9 5.4 last 10 · 8.3 season