FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 15, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed UTA by 11 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final
PHI83
BOS100
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +17
Final
PHX104
CHI111
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +23; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +7
Final
ATL99
POR90
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +9
Final
IND108
TOR101
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +7
Final
UTA86
WAS88
Q1 WAS -11; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +2
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 15, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW vs WSB), 43 points.
The lead · UTA @ WAS

Washington climbs out of an 11-point hole against Utah

Down 11 after one, the Wizards won the third quarter 31–19 and the game 88–86. Juwan Howard led Washington with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-11-6+6+2WAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2718192286
WAS1623311888
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 18, 22, 26, 18, 23, 22, 18, 21WAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 13, 16, 17, 23, 10, 7, 8, 13WAS13 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 42, 19, 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26UTA26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Adam KeefePoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 0, 14, 7, 4, 4, 4, 4, 10UTA10 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · ATL @ POR

Atlanta beats Portland, 99–90

Atlanta led 77–66 after three and won by 9. Christian Laettner led Atlanta with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over UTA2CHI over PHX7IND over TOR7ATL over POR9BOS over PHI17Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 12 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 31

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 29, 29, 13, 29, 25, 28, 11, 31CHI vs PHX · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 8, 18, 12, 6, 10, 12, 11, 28TOR vs IND · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 42, 19, 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26UTA @ WAS · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 12, 10, 20, 8, 19, 32, 5, 25PHI @ BOS · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 30, 7, 15, 15, 19, 20, 24, 14, 15, 23CHI vs PHX · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 13, 8, 19, 5, 20, 14, 8, 23PHX @ CHI · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 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
Toni KukocCHI+3.5 18.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+3.5 17.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Malik SealyDET−3.3 8.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
A.C. GreenDAL−3.0 5.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
David WesleyCHH−3.0 8.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR−2.9 12.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eddie JonesLAL−2.9 15.6 last 10 · 18.5 season