FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 27, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DEN by 5 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
ATL90
CHI97
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +7
Final
PHI85
GSW78
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +7
Final
WAS101
HOU111
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DEN103
LAC105
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +2
Final · 2OT
MIL104
NJN112
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +20; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN 0; OT2 NJN +8
Final
TOR97
NYK94
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +3
Final
CHH87
ORL96
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final
POR102
UTA91
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +11
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 27, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Kendall Gill (NJN vs IND), 31 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAC

Clippers take over late to edge Denver

Down 2 after three, Clippers won the fourth 28–24. Final: 105–103. Rodney Rogers led Clippers with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-5-2+2LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN33252124103
LAC34192428105
Who led
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 4, 10, 1, 15, 20, 20, 21, 29LAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 18, 21, 23, 7, 10, 7, 5, 22LAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 6, 0, 2, 13, 3, 15, 19, 20DEN20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tony BattiePoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 4, 9, 8, 11, 14, 4, 11, 19DEN19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 11.

LAC over DEN2TOR over NYK3CHI over ATL7PHI over GSW7NJN over MIL8ORL over CHH9HOU over WAS10POR over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.9Season avg28.7Last 3

28.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg48.7Today

49 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 47

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 28, 11, 31, 36, 24, 27, 24, 47CHI vs ATL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 36, 18, 21, 30TOR @ NYK · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 20, 28, 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29MIL @ NJN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 32, 14, 13, 32, 16, 23, 26, 29CHH @ ORL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 4, 10, 1, 15, 20, 20, 21, 29LAC vs DEN · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 19, 11, 24, 3, 35, 8, 15, 27MIL @ NJN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+5.1 20.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Rony SeikalyORL+3.7 21.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.6 21.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Derek AndersonCLE+3.6 15.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Voshon LenardMIA+3.3 14.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Kenny AndersonPOR−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 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
Wesley PersonCLE−3.0 13.9 last 10 · 16.9 season