FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed VAN by 9 at halftime and won 100–87.

Final
BOS79
CHI90
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +11
Final
HOU70
CLE100
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +30
Final
DEN90
DAL108
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +18
Final
PHX81
IND80
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +1
Final
LAC89
SAC105
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +16
Final
CHH81
SEA102
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +21
Final · OT
PHI95
UTA98
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
LAL100
VAN87
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +13
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 6, 1997: 3 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ GSW), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ VAN

Lakers rally from 9 down to beat Vancouver

Trailing by 9 at the half, Lakers outscored the Grizzlies 62–40 the rest of the way. Final: 100–87. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final00-9+3+13LAL AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL21172834100
VAN2126162487
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 34, 24, 14, 17, 26, 22, 26, 25LAL25 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 19, 17, 20, 6, 17, 23, 16, 22LAL22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 12, 8, 13, 14, 12, 6, 6, 24VAN24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23, 30, 21, 21VAN21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Houston by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

PHX over IND1UTA over PHI3CHI over BOS11LAL over VAN13SAC over LAC16DAL over DEN18SEA over CHH21CLE over HOU30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dennis Scott leads the day with 28

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.
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 18, 7, 22, 18, 17, 12, 10, 28DAL vs DEN · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 7, 12, 17, 21, 29, 8, 31, 27PHI @ UTA · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 34, 24, 14, 17, 26, 22, 26, 25LAL @ VAN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 2, 12, 23, 8, 4, 10, 2, 25CHH @ SEA · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 12, 8, 13, 14, 12, 6, 6, 24VAN vs LAL · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 26, 17, 27, 13, 18, 23, 23, 24SAC vs LAC · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Derek AndersonCLE+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Michael JordanCHI+4.5 32.9 last 10 · 28.4 season
Jaren JacksonSAS+4.5 12.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−5.9 9.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Wesley PersonCLE−5.1 11.1 last 10 · 16.2 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