FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 20, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIL by 13 after the first quarter and won 103–93.

Final
MIL93
ATL103
Q1 ATL -13; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +10
Final
POR86
CLE84
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +2
Final
SEA98
DAL107
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +9
Final
PHX87
GSW69
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +18
Final
DEN77
VAN88
Q1 VAN +5; Q2 VAN +8; Q3 VAN +19; Q4 VAN +11
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 20, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: LaPhonso Ellis (DEN vs NJN), 36 points.
The lead · MIL @ ATL

Atlanta climbs out of a 13-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 13 after one, the Hawks won the second quarter 34–23 and the game 103–93. Alan Henderson led Atlanta with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-13-2+4+10ATL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2423222493
ATL11342830103
Who led
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 18, 18, 9, 7, 8, 15, 13, 18ATL18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 6, 12, 0, 21, 8, 12, 16ATL16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 15, 29, 15, 9, 18, 21, 19, 22MIL22 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 13, 8, 9, 10, 0, 9, 16, 13MIL13 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.5Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.5 in 29 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 44 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · POR @ CLE

Portland leads Cleveland wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 86–84. Best quarter: the first, 30–20. Isaiah Rider led Portland with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over CLE2DAL over SEA9ATL over MIL10VAN over DEN11PHX over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = POR over CLE.
Top performances

Shawn Kemp leads the day with 31

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.
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 14, 9, 16, 18, 12, 19, 17, 31CLE vs POR · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 5, 7, 0, 5, 3, 7, 10, 30DAL vs SEA · W
7.0 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 20, 16, 13, 16, 25, 29, 29DAL vs SEA · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 21, 30, 22, 26, 23, 16, 20, 24VAN vs DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 2, 27, 17, 19, 32, 12, 14, 28, 2, 24POR @ CLE · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 22, 4, 17, 19, 20, 12, 10, 23GSW vs PHX · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Samaki WalkerDAL+6.4 15.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Sam MackVAN+6.0 16.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Sherman DouglasNJN+5.1 15.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+4.2 27.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Joe DumarsDET+4.1 14.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.1 8.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Elden CampbellLAL−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Danny FortsonDEN−3.8 5.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Howard EisleyUTA−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season