FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed VAN by 9 at halftime and won 120–108.

Final
PHI113
LAL107
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +6
Final
CHH90
SAC106
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +27; Q3 SAC +29; Q4 SAC +16
Final
SEA120
VAN108
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA -9; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +12
Final
PHX99
WAS109
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +10
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 4, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Arvydas Sabonis (POR @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · SEA @ VAN

Vin Baker scores 30 as Seattle wins in Vancouver

Final: 120–108. Vin Baker made 12 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-7-9+14+12SEA AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA28284321120
VAN35302023108
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 19, 19, 25, 20, 16, 11, 30SEA30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 16, 20, 15, 17, 25, 14, 13, 22SEA22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23, 30, 21VAN21 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Sam MackPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 12, 4, 10, 8, 14, 10, 28, 21VAN21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHI @ LAL

Philadelphia leads Lakers wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 113–107. Best quarter: the first, 33–25. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over LAL6WAS over PHX10SEA over VAN12SAC over CHH16Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Rex Chapman leads the day with 33

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.
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 9, 12, 14, 14, 26, 10, 18, 33PHX @ WAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 12, 7, 12, 17, 21, 29, 8, 31PHI @ LAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 19, 19, 25, 20, 16, 11, 30SEA @ VAN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 15, 25, 20, 20, 20, 10, 19, 29WAS vs PHX · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 13, 20, 17, 13, 12, 21, 8, 28PHI @ LAL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 37, 34, 24, 14, 17, 26, 22, 26LAL vs PHI · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 5 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