FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 21, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed POR by 11 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final
LAC77
BOS99
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +22
Final
UTA101
CLE106
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
POR86
VAN88
Q1 VAN -11; Q2 VAN -7; Q3 VAN -6; Q4 VAN +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 21, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Rasheed Wallace (POR @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ VAN

Vancouver fights back from 11 down against Portland

Final: 88–86, after trailing by 11 after one. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 28 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · VAN 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 Q3Final0-11-7-6+2VAN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2518251886
VAN1422262688
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 27, 21, 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28VAN28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 16, 9, 13, 13, 15, 9, 8, 15VAN15 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 9, 26, 15, 21, 10, 21, 31, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 4, 14, 15, 14, 23, 9, 18POR18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · UTA @ CLE

Cleveland handles Utah by 5

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 31–26. Final: 106–101. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
VAN over POR2CLE over UTA5BOS over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over UTA.
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
10.9Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 28

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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 27, 21, 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28VAN vs POR · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26, 29, 30, 24UTA @ CLE · L
25.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 11, 17, 18, 25, 21, 20, 10, 24CLE vs UTA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 19, 26, 19, 23, 19, 17, 18, 23BOS vs LAC · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 8, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 16, 23CLE vs UTA · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 18, 14, 12, 4, 10, 1, 15, 20LAC @ BOS · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 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
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
Kenny AndersonPOR−3.9 9.0 last 10 · 12.9 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