FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 2, 1998Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed MIA by 7 at halftime and won 99–88.

Final
MIN89
BOS93
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +4
Final · OT
MIA88
CHH99
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH -7; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH 0; OT1 CHH +11
Final
MIL100
CHI114
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +14
Final · OT
HOU116
DEN115
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +1
Final
LAC94
GSW79
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +15
Final
ATL106
LAL116
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +10
Final
NYK98
NJN103
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +5
Final
CLE81
ORL71
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final
DAL85
PHX92
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +7
Final
VAN80
SAC94
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +14
Final
POR69
SAS85
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +16
Final
PHI73
SEA90
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +26; Q4 SEA +17
Final
DET91
TOR88
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +3
Final
IND99
WAS81
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +18
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 · 1996–97Jan 2, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs DAL), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHH

Glen Rice scores 42 as Charlotte beats Miami

Charlotte won 99–88. Glen Rice: 42 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-7+10+11CHH AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA23211822488
CHH201726211599
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 13, 32, 16, 23, 26, 29, 14, 42CHH42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 8, 19, 17, 10, 10, 2, 20, 19CHH19 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 0, 22, 18, 18, 15, 21, 29, 23MIA23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 8 games: 24, 12, 21, 16, 11, 22, 6, 20MIA20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.0Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.6Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 18.

HOU over DEN1DET over TOR3BOS over MIN4NJN over NYK5PHX over DAL7LAL over ATL10CLE over ORL10CHH over MIA11CHI over MIL14SAC over VAN14LAC over GSW15SAS over POR16SEA over PHI17IND over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 44

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: 11, 31, 36, 24, 27, 24, 47, 41, 33, 44CHI vs MIL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29, 32, 42MIL @ CHI · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 13, 32, 16, 23, 26, 29, 14, 42CHH vs MIA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 23, 28, 18, 12, 25, 26, 18, 33HOU @ DEN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 24, 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23, 30VAN @ SAC · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 22, 20, 16, 14, 26, 32, 17, 29NJN vs NYK · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 27.5 last 10 · 22.5 season
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+4.7 20.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Derek AndersonCLE+4.5 16.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jaren JacksonSAS+4.4 12.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
John WallaceTOR−4.9 9.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 11.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.4 11.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Malik SealyDET−3.9 6.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.6 11.3 last 10 · 14.9 season