FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 30, 1997Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed TOR by 14 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final
MIA90
CLE78
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final
UTA132
DEN99
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +31; Q4 UTA +33
Final
TOR95
DET100
Q1 DET -14; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +5
Final
SEA101
GSW87
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +14
Final
NJN91
IND109
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +18
Final
SAC80
LAL93
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
Final · OT
DAL98
MIL105
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +7
Final
CHI95
MIN99
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -9; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +4
Final
NYK84
ORL79
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +5
Final
BOS90
PHX100
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +10
Final
PHI86
POR96
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +10
Final
SAS124
VAN115
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +28; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +9
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 30, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC @ PHX), 40 points.
The lead · TOR @ DET

Detroit climbs out of a 14-point hole against Toronto

Down 14 after one, the Pistons won the third quarter 28–20 and the game 100–95. Grant Hill led Detroit with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Damon Stoudamire scored 36 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-14-2+6+5DET AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3412202995
DET20242828100
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 10, 25, 20, 18, 22, 15, 27, 29DET29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 7, 7, 5, 3, 11, 8, 16, 24DET24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 36, 18, 21, 30, 36TOR36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 8, 12, 15, 12, 11, 10, 18, 14TOR14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CHI @ MIN

Minnesota climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 9 at the half. Minnesota won it 99–95. Tom Gugliotta led Minnesota with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs CHI
Tom Gugliotta · MINMichael Jordan · CHIPTS2333REB74AST51Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 36

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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 36, 18, 21, 30, 36TOR @ DET · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 31, 36, 24, 27, 24, 47, 41, 33CHI @ MIN · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chuck PersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 2, 7, 3, 0, 2, 0, 6, 32SAS @ VAN · W
5.0 PPG season to date · +28.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 28, 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29, 32MIL vs DAL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 21, 0, 22, 18, 18, 15, 21, 29MIA @ CLE · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 10, 25, 20, 18, 22, 15, 27, 29DET vs TOR · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+4.2 16.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Steve NashPHX+4.0 14.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Derek AndersonCLE+4.0 15.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Rony SeikalyORL+3.9 20.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−4.4 11.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
John WallaceTOR−4.2 10.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.1 12.4 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 12.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.1 11.3 last 10 · 14.4 season