FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 26, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed LAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 118–114.

Final
CLE88
CHH96
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +8
Final
WAS97
DAL95
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
GSW81
DEN69
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +24; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +12
Final
MIA88
DET74
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +14
Final
ORL81
IND107
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +22; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +26
Final · OT
LAC114
LAL118
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
Final · OT
ATL94
MIL99
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final
NJN96
MIN116
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +20
Final
SEA111
SAC95
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +16
Final
BOS86
SAS101
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +15
Final
PHX118
VAN100
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +18
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 26, 1996: 11 games. Top scorer: Christian Laettner (ATL vs CHI), 37 points.
The lead · LAC @ LAL

Nick Van Exel scores 30, Lakers win in overtime

Tied 106–106 after regulation. Final: 118–114.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-6-20+4LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC322335168114
LAL2623391812118
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 6, 6, 12, 11, 16, 24, 10, 30LAL30 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 16, 17, 32, 3, 11, 19, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 12, 12, 17, 13, 15, 14, 7, 32LAC32 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 4, 10, 1, 15, 20, 20, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
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
11.9Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg38.5Today

38 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Orlando by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

WAS over DAL2LAL over LAC4MIL over ATL5CHH over CLE8GSW over DEN12MIA over DET14SAS over BOS15SEA over SAC16PHX over VAN18MIN over NJN20IND over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

David Robinson leads the day with 34

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.
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 14, 30, 18, 22, 33, 11, 39, 34SAS vs BOS · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 12, 12, 17, 13, 15, 14, 7, 32LAC @ LAL · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 19, 8, 22, 15, 19, 15, 28, 31NJN @ MIN · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 6, 6, 12, 11, 16, 24, 10, 30LAL vs LAC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 6, 20, 28, 24, 21, 27, 22, 30MIL vs ATL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 21, 32, 14, 13, 32, 16, 23, 26CHH vs CLE · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+5.1 20.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Erick DampierGSW+3.7 13.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.6 21.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Derek AndersonCLE+3.6 15.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kevin WillisHOU+3.5 21.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Kenny AndersonPOR−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.9 10.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Ike AustinMIA−3.5 13.5 last 10 · 17.0 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 12.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.1 8.0 last 10 · 11.1 season