FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 28, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 82–79.

Final
MIN93
DET89
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +4
Final
BOS108
LAL102
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +6
Final
IND90
MIA101
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +11
Final
SEA106
PHX97
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +9
Final
SAS79
POR82
Q1 POR -13; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +3
Final
PHI90
SAC92
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
Final
UTA89
VAN88
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +1
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 28, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs CLE), 45 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

Portland rallies from 13 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 13 after one, Portland outscored the Spurs 72–56 the rest of the way. Final: 82–79. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-13-9+6+3POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2322142079
POR1026291782
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 15, 16, 7, 14, 14, 10, 16, 14POR14 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 21, 10, 21, 31, 19, 9, 19, 14POR14 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jaren JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 11, 7, 18, 9, 14, 6, 12, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 30, 18, 22, 33, 11, 39, 34, 16SAS16 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIN @ DET

Minnesota handles Detroit by 4

The Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 30–22. Final: 93–89. Stephon Marbury led Minnesota with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over VAN1SAC over PHI2POR over SAS3MIN over DET4BOS over LAL6SEA over PHX9MIA over IND11Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DET.
Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 31

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: 27, 21, 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28, 23, 31VAN vs UTA · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 17, 16, 24, 20, 27, 30, 25, 29SAC vs PHI · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 23, 19, 17, 18, 23, 10, 21, 28BOS @ LAL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 19, 10, 25, 20, 18, 22, 15, 27DET vs MIN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 19, 10, 4, 7, 17, 16, 20, 27LAL vs BOS · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 26, 29, 30, 24, 27, 20, 24, 26UTA @ VAN · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 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+4.7 20.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rick FoxLAL+4.0 16.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Rony SeikalyORL+3.7 21.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Steve NashPHX+3.7 13.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Derek AndersonCLE+3.6 15.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−4.2 12.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kenny AndersonPOR−3.7 9.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 12.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.1 11.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.0 13.9 last 10 · 16.9 season