FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 27, 1995Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIN by 5 after three quarters and won 99–93.

Final · Box score
Clippers116
Hornets107
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +9
Final · OT · Box score
Bucks99
Wolves93
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 Bucks 0; OT1 MIL +6
Final · Box score
Sixers90
Suns105
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +15
Final · Box score
Celtics109
Blazers135
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +30; Q4 POR +26
Final · Box score
Nuggets83
Sonics99
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +16
Final · Box score
Warriors94
Bullets115
Q1 WSB +8; Q2 WSB +6; Q3 WSB +9; Q4 WSB +21
The lead · Bucks-Wolves

Milwaukee flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Chris Webber posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5-1-50+6MIL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Bucks261720241299
Wolves21232419693
Who led
Sherman DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 13, 2, 7, 10, 16, 22, 14, 24MIL24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 17, 13, 22, 25, 22, 14, 22, 22MIL22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 10, 6, 7, 18, 12, 6, 10, 18MIN18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 20, 21, 8, 5, 13, 19, 26, 18MIN18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
The night in charts
Celtics-Blazers combined for 244, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 109, Blazers 135
244
Clippers-HornetsClippers 116, Hornets 107
223
Warriors-BulletsWarriors 94, Bullets 115
209
Sixers-SunsSixers 90, Suns 105
195
Bucks-WolvesBucks 99, Wolves 93
192
Nuggets-SonicsNuggets 83, Sonics 99
182
MIL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Bucks-WolvesBucks 99, Wolves 93
+6 MIL
Clippers-HornetsClippers 116, Hornets 107
+9 LAC
Sixers-SunsSixers 90, Suns 105
+15 PHX
Nuggets-SonicsNuggets 83, Sonics 99
+16 SEA
Warriors-BulletsWarriors 94, Bullets 115
+21 WSB
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 109, Blazers 135
+26 POR
MIL rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-WolvesMIL won · Bucks 99, Wolves 93
5 pts
Nuggets-SonicsSEA won · Nuggets 83, Sonics 99
4 pts
Ellis shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
EllisDEN · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
WebberWSB · 40 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 2 STL
72% (18-25)
VaughtLAC · 22 PTS, 5 REB
71% (10-14)
DouglasMIL · 24 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
Joe SmithGSW · 15 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Bucks-Wolves
Bucks 99Wolves 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bucks261720241299
Wolves21232419693
The story
Vin Baker's 22 points and 13 rebounds carried Milwaukee past Minnesota, 99-93 in OT

For Minnesota, Sam Mitchell had 18 PTS, 6 REB 22 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 8-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

It went to overtime, and the Bucks took it 12-6.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +5−1−50+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Sixers-Suns
Sixers 90Suns 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2725142490
Suns29312322105
The story
Phoenix beat Philadelphia 105-90 behind 25 points and 14 rebounds from Charles Barkley

Jerry Stackhouse paced Philadelphia: 24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST · 10-16 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 23-14 third quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +2+8+17+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Vernon Maxwell topped the game at 58.0 FPTS: 30 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB

Final · Warriors-Bullets
Warriors 94Bullets 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2827182194
Bullets36252133115
The story
Juwan Howard had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Washington beat Golden State 115-94

Joe Smith led Golden State with 15 PTS, 8 REB 24 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 11-21 FG

The swing

The Bullets won the fourth 33-21, their biggest quarter edge.

WSB lead by quarter
300 +8+6+9+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Boston by 26, the widest margin of 6 games.

MIL over MIN6LAC over CHH9PHX over PHI15SEA over DEN16WSB over GSW21POR over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 40

Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 24, 25, 37, 19, 22, 26, 14, 40Bullets-Warriors · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 28, 19, 24, 25, 9, 19, 26, 30Blazers-Celtics · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 10, 6, 13, 30, 15, 13, 28, 30Sixers-Suns · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 33, 33, 31, 19, 31, 15, 29Hornets-Clippers · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 13, 22, 29, 22, 26, 24, 29, 25Suns-Sixers · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 15, 14, 18, 33, 4, 15, 22, 25Clippers-Hornets · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.4 14.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
George McCloudDAL+5.0 19.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Kevin GambleMIA+4.8 13.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Don MacLeanDEN+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Scottie PippenCHI+4.5 26.5 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−4.2 17.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Wesley PersonPHX−3.8 9.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Richard DumasPHI−3.6 4.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tim HardawayGSW−3.6 13.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Benoit BenjaminMIL−3.5 8.6 last 10 · 12.1 season