FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 1, 1998Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed VAN by 6 after the first quarter and won 115–104.

Final
PHI115
VAN104
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +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
The lead · PHI @ VAN

Vancouver's skid reaches four

Philadelphia won 115–104; the Grizzlies fall to 10–21. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+3+11PHI AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI27302533115
VAN33232325104
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 22, 12, 12, 7, 12, 17, 21, 29PHI29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 7, 13, 20, 17, 13, 12, 21PHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23VAN23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 15, 9, 8, 15, 2, 2, 13, 21VAN21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg28.7Last 3

28.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 29

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 22, 12, 12, 7, 12, 17, 21, 29PHI @ VAN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23VAN vs PHI · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 7, 13, 20, 17, 13, 12, 21PHI @ VAN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 15, 9, 8, 15, 2, 2, 13, 21VAN vs PHI · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mark DavisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 5, 0, 2, 4, 4, 9, 10, 16PHI @ VAN · W
4.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high16 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 11, 9, 13, 14, 10, 2, 6, 15VAN vs PHI · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 4 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+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−4.4 10.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.1 12.4 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 12.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Reggie SlaterTOR−3.2 5.4 last 10 · 8.6 season