FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 15, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed VAN by 14 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
VAN93
BOS97
Q1 BOS -14; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +4
Final · OT
CHH94
DET95
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
LAC119
NJN116
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +3
Final
CHI96
PHI106
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIA85
SEA103
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +18
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 15, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ PHI), 38 points.
The lead · VAN @ BOS

Boston rallies from 14 down to beat Vancouver

Trailing by 14 after one, Boston outscored the Grizzlies 84–66 the rest of the way. Final: 97–93. Antoine Walker led Boston with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Bryant Reeves scored 41 for Vancouver in the loss.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-14-8-4+4BOS AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2725192293
BOS1331233097
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 27, 32, 18, 49, 14, 21, 17, 22BOS22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 19, 16, 20, 18, 14, 4, 10, 14BOS14 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 6, 6, 24, 8, 20, 2, 21, 41VAN41 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 12, 8, 5, 16, 4, 9, 6, 17VAN17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ NJN

Clippers hold off New Jersey, 119–116

Clippers led 90–88 after three and held on to win by three. Rodney Rogers led Clippers with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over CHH1LAC over NJN3BOS over VAN4PHI over CHI10SEA over MIA18Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Bryant Reeves leads the day with 41

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.
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 6, 6, 24, 8, 20, 2, 21, 41VAN @ BOS · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 17, 21, 29, 8, 31, 27, 17, 31PHI vs CHI · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 27, 29, 11, 31, 14, 33, 37, 30DET vs CHH · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 11, 18, 19, 15, 8, 19, 16, 29LAC @ NJN · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 29, 15, 12, 19, 22, 18, 3, 26NJN vs LAC · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 21, 17, 4, 20, 10, 20, 23, 24LAC @ NJN · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 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
Armen GilliamMIL+6.2 15.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Sam MackVAN+5.5 15.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Chuck PersonSAS+5.4 11.7 last 10 · 6.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 28.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.0 13.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−7.5 6.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Danny FortsonDEN−3.5 6.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.4 12.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season