FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 3, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by UTA (vs ATL) and POR (vs HOU).

Final
NJN81
CLE95
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +14
Final
CHI105
DET96
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +9
Final
POR97
HOU95
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +2
Final
TOR77
IND89
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +12
Final
DAL88
LAC97
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +9
Final
SAS84
MIA77
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +7
Final
BOS106
MIL99
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DEN87
MIN109
Q1 MIN +22; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +22
Final
ORL84
NYK88
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ATL82
UTA97
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +15
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 3, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW vs PHI), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ HOU

Portland holds off Houston, 97–95

Portland led 73–72 after three and held on to win by two. Isaiah Rider led Portland with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-6+1+2POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2422272497
HOU2230202395
Who led
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 31, 19, 9, 19, 14, 10, 2, 27POR27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 14, 14, 10, 16, 14, 10, 5, 20POR20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 0, 26, 17, 15, 26, 18, 21, 34HOU34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 23, 22, 14, 11, 18, 14, 21, 12HOU12 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Minnesota by 22.

POR over HOU2NYK over ORL4SAS over MIA7BOS over MIL7CHI over DET9LAC over DAL9IND over TOR12CLE over NJN14UTA over ATL15MIN over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.5Season avg39.8Last 5

39.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 35

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29, 32, 42, 35MIL vs BOS · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 24, 27, 24, 47, 41, 33, 44, 34CHI @ DET · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 0, 26, 17, 15, 26, 18, 21, 34HOU vs POR · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 18, 23, 10, 21, 28, 28, 27, 32BOS @ MIL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 20, 18, 22, 15, 27, 29, 11, 31DET vs CHI · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 12, 20, 37, 16, 25, 9, 9, 28ORL @ NYK · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 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
Glenn RobinsonMIL+6.1 29.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Michael JordanCHI+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Derek AndersonCLE+4.9 17.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+4.7 20.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−6.0 10.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Ike AustinMIA−5.9 9.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
John WallaceTOR−4.6 10.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 11.7 last 10 · 15.0 season