FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 14, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed WAS by 5 after the first quarter and won 89–79.

Final
DAL82
ATL108
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +26
Final
DET93
IND100
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +7
Final
DEN114
LAL132
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +18
Final
GSW95
MIL101
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
ORL96
SAC108
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +12
Final
LAC101
TOR109
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +8
Final
SAS89
WAS79
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +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 14, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs WSB), 39 points.
The lead · SAS @ WAS

San Antonio makes it three straight

San Antonio beat Washington 89–79 and moved to 25–12. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+5+10SAS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2428191889
WAS2920171379
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 8, 22, 20, 20, 15, 28, 10, 28SAS28 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 22, 27, 12, 22, 15, 24, 36, 22SAS22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 22, 21, 22, 26, 30, 20, 25, 27WAS27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 10, 19, 29, 26, 10, 19, 17, 21WAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 32 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Dallas by 26, the widest margin of 7 games.

MIL over GSW6IND over DET7TOR over LAC8SAS over WAS10SAC over ORL12LAL over DEN18ATL over DAL26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 37

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 15, 27, 29, 11, 31, 14, 33, 37DET @ IND · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 19, 11, 17, 12, 26, 34, 19, 36TOR vs LAC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 26, 22, 26, 25, 38, 32, 32, 34LAL vs DEN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 42, 35, 26, 13, 20, 20, 33, 31MIL vs GSW · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 18, 21, 20, 35, 22, 22, 35, 29ATL vs DAL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 8, 22, 20, 20, 15, 28, 10, 28SAS @ WAS · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 4 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
Armen GilliamMIL+6.2 15.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Sam MackVAN+5.8 16.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Chuck PersonSAS+5.4 11.7 last 10 · 6.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 28.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−7.5 7.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Bison DeleDET−4.0 14.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Danny FortsonDEN−3.5 6.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.4 12.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season