FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 29, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed WAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
DAL105
CHI111
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final
CHH120
HOU101
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +19
Final
WAS91
NJN99
Q1 NJN -10; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +8
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 29, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND vs NJN), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ NJN

Keith Van Horn scores 32, New Jersey rallies past Washington

New Jersey trailed by 10 after one and won 99–91.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-10+3+8+8NJN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3422191691
NJN2435241699
Who led
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 24, 30, 22, 20, 16, 14, 26, 32NJN32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 15, 18, 13, 12, 5, 8, 10, 19NJN19 PTS · 22 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 11, 12, 24, 28, 23, 17, 26, 22WAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 21, 8, 26, 15, 25, 20, 20, 20WAS20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ CHI

Chicago extends win streak to 8

111–105 over Dallas. Record: 20–9. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 41 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ ORL98–106L@ CHH77–79Wvs TOR97–70Wvs PHX111–104Wvs LAL104–83W@ NJN100–92Wvs LAC94–89Wvs MIA90–80Wvs ATL97–90Wvs DAL111–105CHI: last 10 games through Dec 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.3Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg25.2Last 3

25.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 41

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: 25, 28, 11, 31, 36, 24, 27, 24, 47, 41CHI vs DAL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 24, 30, 22, 20, 16, 14, 26, 32NJN vs WAS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 17, 8, 7, 11, 12, 20, 6, 32CHH @ HOU · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Dell CurryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 10, 14, 0, 8, 9, 5, 1, 23CHH @ HOU · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 18, 26, 18, 13, 13, 29, 23, 23DAL @ CHI · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 11, 12, 24, 28, 23, 17, 26, 22WAS @ NJN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 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
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