FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 13, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by PHI (vs VAN) and HOU (vs DAL).

Final
SAS97
BOS88
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +9
Final
NJN81
CHH68
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +13
Final
SEA91
CHI101
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +10
Final
ORL98
DEN84
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +14
Final
DAL87
HOU100
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +13
Final
ATL91
NYK89
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +2
Final
VAN89
PHI107
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +18
Final
CLE102
PHX84
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +18
Final
MIA76
POR68
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +8
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 13, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Kendall Gill (NJN vs ORL), 41 points.
The lead · DAL @ HOU

Kevin Willis posts 30 and 12 as Houston beats Dallas

30 points and 12 rebounds in a 100–87 win.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-4+5+13HOU AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2021232387
HOU22153231100
Who led
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 33, 7, 20, 12, 32, 20, 30HOU30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Matt BullardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 14, 6, 12, 19, 4, 2, 6, 15HOU15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 5, 6, 15, 20, 14, 20, 14, 26DAL26 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 23, 23, 19, 21, 20, 16, 13, 16DAL16 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.5Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 4.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · VAN @ PHI

Philadelphia handles Vancouver by 18

The 76ers won the second quarter 32–23. Final: 107–89. Tim Thomas led Philadelphia with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NYK2MIA over POR8SAS over BOS9CHI over SEA10NJN over CHH13HOU over DAL13ORL over DEN14PHI over VAN18CLE over PHX18Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over VAN.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 47, 41, 33, 44, 34, 19, 26, 44, 32, 40CHI vs SEA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 7, 22, 27, 12, 22, 15, 24, 36SAS @ BOS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 10, 18, 21, 20, 35, 22, 22, 35ATL @ NYK · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 16, 12, 10, 24, 9, 12, 15, 34NYK vs ATL · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 33, 7, 20, 12, 32, 20, 30HOU vs DAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 5, 6, 15, 20, 14, 20, 14, 26DAL @ HOU · L
8.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 13 REB · 1 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+6.9 36.0 last 10 · 29.1 season
Sam MackVAN+5.8 16.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.2 28.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
LaPhonso EllisDEN+5.0 17.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+4.8 13.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−7.5 7.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.4 12.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Malik SealyDET−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Lindsey HunterDET−3.1 11.3 last 10 · 14.4 season