FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 5, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed ORL by 5 after the first quarter and won 74–69.

Final
WAS113
NYK106
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +7
Final
SAS74
ORL69
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +5
Final
MIL98
POR92
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
HOU120
TOR96
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +24
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 5, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Derrick Coleman (PHI @ SAC), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ ORL

San Antonio makes it four straight

San Antonio beat Orlando 74–69 and moved to 21–11. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-5-3-2+5SAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1623171874
ORL2121161169
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 18, 23, 13, 22, 8, 22, 20SAS20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 11, 39, 34, 16, 7, 22, 27, 12SAS12 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 7, 3, 16, 6, 6, 2, 12, 21ORL21 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 20, 37, 16, 25, 9, 9, 28, 12ORL12 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ TOR

Houston rolls past Toronto, 120–96

The Raptors were held to 20 points in the second quarter. Kevin Willis led Houston with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over ORL5MIL over POR6WAS over NYK7HOU over TOR24Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Arvydas Sabonis leads the day with 32

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.
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 9, 18, 19, 25, 13, 4, 16, 32POR vs MIL · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 23, 17, 26, 22, 22, 21, 22, 26WAS @ NYK · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29, 32, 42, 35, 26MIL @ POR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 25, 20, 20, 20, 10, 19, 29, 26WAS @ NYK · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 13, 10, 13, 17, 16, 12, 10, 24NYK vs WAS · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Oliver MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 8, 4, 4, 12, 6, 10, 5, 22TOR vs HOU · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 6 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+5.8 28.8 last 10 · 23.0 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−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 11.7 last 10 · 15.0 season