FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 22, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed PHI by 15 after three quarters and won 96–92.

Final
UTA101
ATL99
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +2
Final
TOR79
CHH81
Q1 CHH -2; Q2 CHH -10; Q3 CHH -7; Q4 CHH +2
Final
LAL94
HOU83
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +11
Final
WAS110
MIL79
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +28; Q4 WAS +31
Final
DAL67
NYK79
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +12
Final
NJN99
ORL88
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +11
Final
DET96
PHI92
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -14; Q3 DET -15; Q4 DET +4
Final
GSW76
PHX91
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +15
Final
MIN79
SAC89
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +10
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 22, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: David Wesley (BOS vs CHH), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ PHI

Detroit storms back from 15 down to beat Philadelphia

The Pistons trailed by 15 after three and won 96–92. Grant Hill led Detroit with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-14-15+4DET AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2111244096
PHI2719252192
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 13, 18, 19, 10, 25, 20, 18, 22DET22 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 16, 15, 10, 5, 11, 2, 17, 17DET17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 17, 14, 25, 16, 13, 6, 16, 23PHI23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 11, 19, 11, 10, 12, 7, 13, 20PHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 31.

UTA over ATL2CHH over TOR2DET over PHI4SAC over MIN10LAL over HOU11NJN over ORL11NYK over DAL12PHX over GSW15WAS over MIL31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Sam Cassell 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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 7, 19, 8, 22, 15, 19, 15, 28NJN @ ORL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26, 29, 30, 24, 27UTA @ ATL · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 24, 24, 30, 17, 16, 24, 20, 27SAC vs MIN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 23, 22, 18, 21, 8, 26, 15, 25WAS @ MIL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 17, 14, 25, 16, 13, 6, 16, 23PHI vs DET · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mark PricePoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 11, 9, 7, 17, 18, 10, 10, 23ORL vs NJN · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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+4.0 22.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ron HarperCHI+3.6 13.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Erick DampierGSW+3.4 12.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Voshon LenardMIA+3.3 15.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin WillisHOU+3.2 20.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Kenny AndersonPOR−3.9 9.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Nick Van ExelLAL−3.6 11.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eddie JonesLAL−3.5 14.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.4 11.3 last 10 · 14.8 season