FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 31, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHI by 6 after the first quarter and won 102–86.

Final
ATL103
CHH83
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +20
Final
DET88
CLE90
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +2
Final
DAL98
DEN110
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +12
Final
PHX96
ORL94
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
Final
HOU102
PHI86
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +16
Final
NJN116
VAN106
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +10
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 31, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs MIL), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHI

Philadelphia's skid reaches five

Houston won 102–86; the 76ers fall to 14–29. Kevin Willis led Houston with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-4+8+16HOU AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU17223231102
PHI2320202386
Who led
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 13, 20, 7, 14, 13, 15, 12, 18HOU18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 24, 6, 17, 7, 5, 0, 14, 4, 16HOU16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 17, 5, 12, 11, 8, 21, 9, 22PHI22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 14, 22, 22, 7, 12, 18, 24, 18PHI18 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Atlanta by 20.

CLE over DET2PHX over ORL2NJN over VAN10DEN over DAL12HOU over PHI16ATL over CHH20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
11.8Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 27.5 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 38

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 25, 29, 29, 15, 24, 39, 27, 38DAL @ DEN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 6, 14, 14, 16, 23, 4, 25, 32CLE vs DET · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 17, 31, 29, 12, 10, 22, 17, 27CLE vs DET · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 4, 14, 17, 12, 13, 18, 13, 26NJN @ VAN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 16, 20, 24, 26, 20, 16, 27, 26VAN vs NJN · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derek StrongPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 15, 6, 23, 0, 24, 7, 12, 25ORL vs PHX · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 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+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.5 25.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.4 13.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+4.4 18.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.3 6.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Chris GatlingNJN−5.2 7.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Bison DeleDET−4.8 12.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Toni KukocCHI−4.6 8.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.1 9.6 last 10 · 13.7 season