FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 28, 1996Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 93–82.

Final · Box score
Suns82
Bulls93
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +11
The lead · Suns-Bulls

Michael Jordan scores 31 in Chicago win over Phoenix

Charles Barkley goes for 20 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5+3+11CHI AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1933161482
Bulls2126242293
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 48, 46, 32, 38, 36, 33, 12, 25, 31CHI31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 27, 14, 16, 22, 19, 30, 17, 21CHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 17, 26, 22, 20, 22, 20, 20PHX20 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 20, 18, 18, 18, 12, 17, 16, 16PHX16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Final · Suns-Bulls
Suns 82Bulls 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1933161482
Bulls2126242293
The story
Scottie Pippen had 21 points as Chicago beat Phoenix 93-82

Dennis Rodman added 20 REB, 5 AST, 4 PTS 21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 7-16 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Bulls took the third 24-16.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +2−5+3+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 32.6 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists.

Rebounding up
+3.2rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
11.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 46 minutes.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 31

Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 48, 46, 32, 38, 36, 33, 12, 25, 31Bulls-Suns · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 27, 14, 16, 22, 19, 30, 17, 21Bulls-Suns · W
21.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 17, 26, 22, 20, 22, 20, 20Suns-Bulls · L
22.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 20, 18, 18, 18, 12, 17, 16, 16Suns-Bulls · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 12, 16, 12, 9, 10, 17, 18, 13Suns-Bulls · L
13.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 14, 20, 16, 16, 17, 21, 14, 11Suns-Bulls · L
16.5 PPG season to date · −5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
11 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Dell CurryCHH+6.3 20.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Eddie JonesLAL+5.5 17.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jason KiddDAL+5.0 20.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+4.7 15.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Latrell SprewellGSW+4.7 21.8 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tim HardawayGSW−5.1 9.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Terry PorterMIN−4.9 4.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Benoit BenjaminMIL−4.6 5.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Willie AndersonTOR−4.5 8.4 last 10 · 12.9 season