FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 16, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed VAN by 15 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final
GSW89
ATL102
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +13
Final
SAS76
CHH71
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +5
Final
CLE99
DEN74
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +25
Final · OT
MIN116
HOU115
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
SAC92
IND117
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +25
Final
CHI96
MIL86
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +10
Final
ORL86
PHX111
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +27; Q4 PHX +25
Final
UTA86
POR96
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +10
Final
VAN110
WAS112
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -15; Q3 WAS -8; Q4 WAS +2
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 16, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs POR), 33 points.
The lead · VAN @ WAS

Washington storms back from 15 down to beat Vancouver

The Wizards trailed by 15 at the half and won 112–110. Juwan Howard led Washington with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-15-8+2WAS AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN40321622110
WAS34232332112
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 19, 29, 26, 10, 19, 17, 21, 25WAS25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 22, 26, 30, 20, 25, 27, 24WAS24 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 5, 16, 4, 9, 6, 17, 21VAN21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 21, 21, 30, 22, 26, 23, 16, 20VAN20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ HOU

Minnesota needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 103–103 after regulation. Minnesota won the final period 13–12 for a 116–115 win. Tom Gugliotta led Minnesota with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs HOU
Tom Gugliotta · MINCharles Barkley · HOUPTS3329REB139AST56Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tom Gugliotta leads the day with 33

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.
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 15, 23, 10, 21, 11, 24, 14, 33MIN @ HOU · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 14, 21, 12, 13, 3, 13, 29HOU vs MIN · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 20, 11, 17, 13, 14, 13, 15, 28DEN vs CLE · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 2, 27, 17, 19, 32, 12, 14, 28POR vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 33, 7, 20, 12, 32, 20, 30, 27HOU vs MIN · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 44, 34, 19, 26, 44, 32, 40, 20, 27CHI @ MIL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Sam MackVAN+5.6 15.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chuck PersonSAS+5.1 11.3 last 10 · 6.2 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.0 13.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Armen GilliamMIL+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−7.5 6.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.5 10.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
David RobinsonSAS−3.2 19.6 last 10 · 22.8 season