FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 27, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 120–113.

Final · 2OT
PHX113
CHH120
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH -10; Q3 CHH -6; Q4 CHH 0; OT1 CHH 0; OT2 CHH +7
Final · OT
CLE77
DAL84
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final
NJN120
DEN87
Q1 NJN +18; Q2 NJN +30; Q3 NJN +34; Q4 NJN +33
Final
LAC109
HOU115
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +6
Final
WAS84
IND85
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +1
Final
DET81
MIL83
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
ATL96
MIN113
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +17
Final
GSW82
POR78
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW -7; Q4 GSW +4
Final
CHI103
VAN85
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +28; Q4 CHI +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 27, 1997: 2 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW vs VAN), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ CHH

Glen Rice scores 42 as Charlotte beats Phoenix

Charlotte won 120–113. Glen Rice: 42 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-6-10-600+7CHH AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
PHX24262618127113
CHH182230241214120
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 10, 14, 11, 38, 10, 19, 29, 42CHH42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 15, 19, 8, 4, 10, 10, 29, 20CHH20 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 9, 4, 20, 12, 16, 24, 2, 30PHX30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 22, 10, 13, 22, 10, 8, 26, 20PHX20 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat Denver by 33.

IND over WAS1MIL over DET2GSW over POR4HOU over LAC6CHH over PHX7DAL over CLE7MIN over ATL17CHI over VAN18NJN over DEN33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 42

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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 10, 14, 11, 38, 10, 19, 29, 42CHH vs PHX · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 13, 16, 25, 29, 29, 15, 24, 39DAL vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 9, 4, 20, 12, 16, 24, 2, 30PHX @ CHH · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 9 games: 12, 11, 22, 21, 23, 14, 19, 16, 29CHI @ VAN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 15, 13, 18, 4, 15, 8, 1, 27ATL @ MIN · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 24, 14, 33, 22, 19, 16, 25, 26MIN vs ATL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.6 24.2 last 10 · 19.6 season
Grant HillDET+4.3 25.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Theo RatliffPHI+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cedric HendersonCLE+4.0 14.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.9 7.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Toni KukocCHI−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Lindsey HunterDET−4.3 9.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season