FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 26, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 13 after the first quarter and won 94–93.

Final
PHX96
ATL91
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +5
Final
NYK85
BOS94
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +9
Final
CLE94
MIA93
Q1 CLE -13; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +1
Final
SEA92
SAC111
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +24; Q4 SAC +19
Final
HOU90
SAS115
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +25
Final
PHI87
TOR91
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +4
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 26, 1997: 3 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (LAL @ SEA), 25 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIA

Cleveland fights back from 13 down against Miami

Final: 94–93, after trailing by 13 after one. Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-13-7+5+1CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2323232594
MIA3617112993
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 26, 23, 10, 6, 14, 14, 16, 23CLE23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 5, 2, 6, 10, 0, 14, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 20, 15, 12, 15, 16, 24, 27, 33MIA33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 17, 2, 17, 5, 17, 20, 10, 23MIA23 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHX @ ATL

Phoenix turns it around against Atlanta

From 9 down after one to a 5-point win: 96–91. Rex Chapman led Phoenix with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs ATL
Rex Chapman · PHXSteven Smith · ATLPTS2626REB85AST34Top 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
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 36 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 28.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

David Robinson leads the day with 34

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.
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 22, 9, 30, 13, 12, 17, 16, 34SAS vs HOU · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 20, 15, 12, 15, 16, 24, 27, 33MIA vs CLE · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 12, 16, 13, 11, 4, 8, 13, 27SAS vs HOU · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 16, 22, 10, 13, 22, 10, 8, 26PHX @ ATL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 29, 20, 17, 11, 13, 21, 8, 26ATL vs PHX · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 6, 18, 14, 18, 5, 15, 31, 26TOR vs PHI · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Samaki WalkerDAL+6.4 15.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.6 24.2 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cedric HendersonCLE+4.4 14.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Theo RatliffPHI+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Joe DumarsDET+3.7 14.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.9 7.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ike AustinMIA−3.7 10.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Toni KukocCHI−3.4 9.9 last 10 · 13.3 season