FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 16, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed POR by 5 at halftime and won 94–87.

Final
PHX90
CLE103
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +13
Final
SAS99
DEN85
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +14
Final
DAL92
GSW103
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +11
Final
VAN91
HOU118
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +27
Final
SEA109
LAC94
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +15
Final
UTA103
MIA95
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +8
Final
LAL109
MIN96
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
Final
DET78
NYK83
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +5
Final
POR87
SAC94
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +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 16, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Vin Baker (MIL @ BOS), 28 points.
The lead · POR @ SAC

Sacramento upsets Portland

Sacramento (7–16) beat Portland (13–8) 94–87. Corliss Williamson led Sacramento with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-5+5+7SAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2425142487
SAC2420242694
Who led
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 13, 7, 8, 24, 27, 14, 20, 26SAC26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 25, 26, 29, 24, 24, 30, 17, 16SAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 9, 13, 4, 14, 15, 14, 23POR23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 20, 33, 9, 26, 15, 21, 10, 21POR21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.8Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Vancouver by 27, the widest margin of 9 games.

NYK over DET5SAC over POR7UTA over MIA8GSW over DAL11CLE over PHX13LAL over MIN13SAS over DEN14SEA over LAC15HOU over VAN27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Eddie Jones 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.
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 16, 10, 11, 10, 10, 16, 17, 32LAL @ MIN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 25, 20, 17, 10, 22, 34, 17, 31NYK vs DET · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 42, 19, 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26, 29UTA @ MIA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 14, 6, 24, 24, 27, 23, 25, 28GSW vs DAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 35, 18, 27, 35, 17, 20, 21, 18, 26DAL @ GSW · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 13, 7, 8, 24, 27, 14, 20, 26SAC vs POR · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+4.0 14.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Bison DeleDET+4.0 23.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.7 23.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Toni KukocCHI+3.5 18.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+3.2 16.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Malik SealyDET−3.3 8.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
A.C. GreenDAL−3.1 4.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
David WesleyCHH−3.0 8.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kenny AndersonPOR−2.9 10.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR−2.8 12.7 last 10 · 15.5 season