FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 13, 1995Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DET by 11 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final · Box score
Sixers100
Celtics111
Q1 Celtics 0; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Magic103
Bulls112
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +9
Final · Box score
Lakers101
Pistons98
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Sonics88
Spurs83
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -7; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +5
Final · Box score
Rockets100
Grizzlies89
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +11
The lead · Lakers-Pistons

Nick Van Exel scores 30 as Lakers win in Detroit

Hakeem Olajuwon goes for 15 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-11+12+3LAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers26223914101
Pistons2534162398
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 14, 26, 11, 13, 20, 5, 10, 30LAL30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 22, 19, 16, 27, 14, 22, 26, 21LAL21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 29, 33, 24, 23, 19, 26, 16, 25DET25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 31, 13, 14, 21, 20, 14, 7, 19DET19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Sonics-Spurs

Seattle takes care of San Antonio

A 5-point win, 88–83. Shawn Kemp led Seattle with 30 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DET3SEA over SAS5CHI over ORL9BOS over PHI11HOU over VAN11Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over SAS.
The night in charts
Magic-Bulls combined for 215, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-BullsMagic 103, Bulls 112
215
Sixers-CelticsSixers 100, Celtics 111
211
Lakers-PistonsLakers 101, Pistons 98
199
Rockets-GrizzliesRockets 100, Grizzlies 89
189
Sonics-SpursSonics 88, Spurs 83
171
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-PistonsLakers 101, Pistons 98
+3 LAL
Sonics-SpursSonics 88, Spurs 83
+5 SEA
Magic-BullsMagic 103, Bulls 112
+9 CHI
Rockets-GrizzliesRockets 100, Grizzlies 89
+11 HOU
Sixers-CelticsSixers 100, Celtics 111
+11 BOS
LAL erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-PistonsLAL won · Lakers 101, Pistons 98
11 pts
Sonics-SpursSEA won · Sonics 88, Spurs 83
7 pts
Kemp shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KempSEA · 30 PTS, 16 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
92% (11-12)
Sharone WrightPHI · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST
83% (10-12)
KukocCHI · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
75% (9-12)
CampbellLAL · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
67% (8-12)
RadjaBOS · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
Final · Lakers-Pistons
Lakers 101Pistons 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers26223914101
Pistons2534162398
The story
Elden Campbell had 17 points as Los Angeles beat Detroit 101-98

Allan Houston led Detroit with 19 PTS, 5 REB 17 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 8-12 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the second, the Lakers took the third 39-16.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +1−11+12+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Grant Hill led the game in fantasy with 57.1 FPTS (25 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB)

Final · Sonics-Spurs
Sonics 88Spurs 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics1918262588
Spurs2519251483
The story
Shawn Kemp's 30 points and 16 rebounds carried Seattle past San Antonio, 88-83

For San Antonio, Will Perdue had 14 REB, 10 PTS, 4 AST 30 PTS, 16 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 11-12 FG

The swing

The SuperSonics trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 25-14.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −6−7−6+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 100Celtics 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers23222332100
Celtics23283426111
The story
Boston beat Philadelphia 111-100 behind 21 points from Dino Radja

Jerry Stackhouse paced Philadelphia: 26 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 9-14 FG

The swing

A 34-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 0+6+17+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 36

Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 34, 22, 33, 29, 37, 22, 28, 45, 36Bulls-Magic · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 25, 17, 27, 21, 12, 25, 17, 30Sonics-Spurs · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 14, 26, 11, 13, 20, 5, 10, 30Lakers-Pistons · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 18, 21, 14, 21, 22, 19, 28, 26Bulls-Magic · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 32, 23, 26, 21, 13, 21, 20, 26Sixers-Celtics · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 24, 22, 15, 38, 23, 28, 23, 26Magic-Bulls · L
26.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Clyde DrexlerHOU+3.8 25.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Allan HoustonDET+3.5 19.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Bobby PhillsCLE+3.2 18.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Dino RadjaBOS+3.1 22.4 last 10 · 19.2 season
Terry DehereLAC+3.1 14.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Andrew LangATL−3.5 10.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 8.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Robert HorryHOU−2.7 11.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Byron ScottVAN−2.6 7.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Stacey AugmonATL−2.5 8.6 last 10 · 11.1 season