FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 19, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 116–98.

Final
LAL98
ATL96
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +2
Final
NYK104
CLE77
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +27
Final
SAC98
HOU116
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +18
Final
DET90
IND98
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +8
Final
MIA91
PHI84
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +7
Final
VAN91
POR96
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +5
Final
MIL91
TOR92
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +1
Final
CHH86
WAS106
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +24; Q4 WAS +20
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 19, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIA), 35 points.
The lead · SAC @ HOU

Houston rallies from 9 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 9 after one, Houston outscored the Kings 96–69 the rest of the way. Final: 116–98. Kevin Willis led Houston with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+2+18HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2922262198
HOU20293037116
Who led
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 19, 31, 17, 16, 15, 28, 23, 28HOU28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 43, 15, 25, 19, 6, 18, 22, 11, 23HOU23 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 26, 29, 24, 24, 30, 17, 16, 24SAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 7, 8, 24, 27, 14, 20, 26, 17SAC17 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New York by 27.

TOR over MIL1LAL over ATL2POR over VAN5MIA over PHI7IND over DET8HOU over SAC18WAS over CHH20NYK over CLE27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire 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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 15, 21, 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 36TOR vs MIL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 20, 8, 19, 32, 5, 25, 12, 33DET @ IND · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 33, 9, 26, 15, 21, 10, 21, 31POR vs VAN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 19, 31, 17, 16, 15, 28, 23, 28HOU vs SAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 26, 18, 23, 22, 18, 21, 8, 26WAS vs CHH · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 26, 18, 21, 19, 31, 19, 18, 25DET @ IND · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 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
Michael FinleyDAL+4.0 23.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+3.8 13.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Eric WashingtonDEN+3.3 13.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.3 21.5 last 10 · 18.2 season
Allan HoustonNYK+3.0 16.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.5 13.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−4.0 11.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
David WesleyCHH−3.5 8.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Rodney RogersLAC−3.2 10.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
A.C. GreenDAL−3.1 4.6 last 10 · 7.7 season