FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 17, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by MIN (vs PHI) and SAS (vs VAN) and BOS (vs TOR).

Final
CLE83
ATL94
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIL90
CHH99
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +9
Final
LAL83
CHI104
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +21
Final
NYK80
IND87
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +7
Final
DET101
NJN105
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +4
Final
MIN94
PHI90
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +4
Final
VAN87
SAS98
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +11
Final
BOS88
TOR83
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIA74
WAS88
Q1 WAS +20; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
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 17, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (LAL @ CHI), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHI

Tom Gugliotta scores 30 in Minnesota win over Philadelphia

Final: 94–90. Tom Gugliotta added 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0+3+3-5+4MIN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2228162894
PHI1928241990
Who led
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 11, 17, 24, 11, 19, 14, 18, 30MIN30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 25, 18, 21, 16, 15, 20, 21, 15MIN15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 21, 5, 27, 21, 21, 24, 29, 22PHI22 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 10, 20, 8, 19, 32, 5, 25, 12PHI12 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · BOS @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches three

Boston won 88–83; the Raptors fall to 2–22. Antoine Walker led Boston with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · TOR
L@ DAL91–93L@ LAL99–105L@ UTA98–115L@ PHX91–110Lvs DET83–93Lvs CHH82–95W@ PHI104–97L@ CHI70–97Lvs IND101–108Lvs BOS83–88TOR: last 10 games through Dec 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 36

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, 29, 29, 13, 29, 25, 28, 11, 31, 36CHI vs LAL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 23, 25, 19, 14, 30, 18, 22, 33SAS vs VAN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 17, 21, 19, 20, 27, 30, 19, 33LAL @ CHI · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 11, 17, 24, 11, 19, 14, 18, 30MIN @ PHI · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 27, 27, 20, 13, 18, 19, 10, 25DET @ NJN · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Alonzo MourningMIA @ WAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
Allan HoustonNYK+3.8 17.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.7 23.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Bison DeleDET+3.1 22.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Johnny NewmanDEN+2.9 16.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.2 12.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Damon StoudamireTOR−3.2 13.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
A.C. GreenDAL−3.1 4.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Kenny AndersonPOR−2.9 10.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR−2.8 12.7 last 10 · 15.5 season