FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 12, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHX by 10 after the first quarter and won 96–90.

Final
LAC95
MIL110
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +15
Final
GSW87
MIN103
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +16
Final
PHX90
SAC96
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC +6
Final
NJN108
TOR100
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +8
Final
CLE99
UTA106
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +7
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 12, 1997: 3 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ SAC), 26 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAC

Mitch Richmond scores 35, Sacramento rallies past Phoenix

Sacramento trailed by 10 after one and won 96–90.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-10-5-8+6SAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2916222390
SAC1921193796
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 29, 15, 23, 23, 19, 18, 8, 35SAC35 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 13, 18, 23, 23, 24, 14, 17, 25SAC25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 4, 18, 13, 13, 15, 10, 3, 23PHX23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 11, 12, 13, 15, 10, 14, 4, 17PHX17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ UTA

Utah leads Cleveland wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 106–99. Best quarter: the second, 28–27. Jeff Hornacek led Utah with 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over PHX6UTA over CLE7NJN over TOR8MIL over LAC15MIN over GSW16Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
4.51996–97 avg14.0Last 2

14.0 points a game over his last two games, against 4.5 in 1996–97 (22 games). Today: 7 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 15 assists.

Top performances

Mitch Richmond 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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 29, 15, 23, 23, 19, 18, 8, 35SAC vs PHX · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 32, 42, 35, 26, 13, 20, 20, 33MIL vs LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 7, 10, 14, 15, 12, 27, 22, 31NJN @ TOR · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 11, 6, 10, 8, 8, 10, 10, 26CLE @ UTA · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 13, 18, 23, 23, 24, 14, 17, 25SAC vs PHX · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 4, 18, 13, 13, 15, 10, 3, 23PHX @ SAC · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 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
Michael JordanCHI+5.6 34.4 last 10 · 28.8 season
Sam MackVAN+5.5 15.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.2 28.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Armen GilliamMIL+4.7 14.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Larry JohnsonNYK+4.0 18.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.9 7.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.0 11.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Isaiah RiderPOR−3.3 16.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Malik SealyDET−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season