FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 20, 1997Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 89–88.

Final
LAL109
CHH100
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +9
Final
SAC89
DAL88
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +1
Final
PHX102
DEN81
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +21
Final
PHI78
DET115
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +37
Final
ATL92
MIA99
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NYK78
MIL98
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +20
Final
LAC91
MIN92
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +1
Final
CHI100
NJN92
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
IND95
ORL92
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +3
Final
HOU87
SAS100
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +13
Final
GSW89
SEA108
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +25; Q4 SEA +19
Final
WAS94
TOR92
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS 0; 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 20, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK @ PHI), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ DAL

Sacramento climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 9 at the half. Sacramento won it 89–88. Corliss Williamson led Sacramento with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-9+2+1SAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2321242189
DAL2924132288
Who led
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 24, 27, 14, 20, 26, 17, 27SAC27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 29, 24, 24, 30, 17, 16, 24, 20SAC20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 9, 15, 13, 21, 18, 19, 5, 21DAL21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 1, 2, 7, 12, 0, 13, 17, 15, 18DAL18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pistons rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Philadelphia by 37.

SAC over DAL1MIN over LAC1WAS over TOR2IND over ORL3MIA over ATL7CHI over NJN8LAL over CHH9SAS over HOU13SEA over GSW19MIL over NYK20PHX over DEN21DET over PHI37Final 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
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Rony Seikaly leads the day with 37

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.
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 10, 29, 24, 26, 11, 12, 20, 37ORL vs IND · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 8, 20, 23, 19, 11, 24, 3, 35MIL vs NYK · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 15, 19, 29, 21, 32, 14, 13, 32CHH vs LAL · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 14, 15, 20, 31, 11, 12, 24, 28WAS @ TOR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 24, 27, 14, 20, 26, 17, 27SAC @ DAL · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 18, 6, 20, 28, 24, 21, 27MIL vs NYK · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Kobe BryantLAL+3.8 21.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ron HarperCHI+3.6 13.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Voshon LenardMIA+3.3 15.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin WillisHOU+3.2 21.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Erick DampierGSW+3.2 12.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLAL−4.2 13.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.1 11.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
David WesleyCHH−3.0 8.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
A.C. GreenDAL−3.0 4.7 last 10 · 7.7 season