FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 19, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by Mavs (vs Grizzlies) and Jazz (vs Heat).

Final · Box score
Bulls93
Hornets72
Q1 Bulls +10; Q2 Bulls +18; Q3 Bulls +13; Q4 Bulls +21
Final · Box score
Spurs115
Rockets101
Q1 Spurs -6; Q2 Spurs -1; Q3 Spurs +12; Q4 Spurs +14
Final · Box score
Bullets102
Clippers93
Q1 Bullets +15; Q2 Bullets +12; Q3 Bullets +9; Q4 Bullets +9
Final · OT · Box score
Jazz94
Heat87
Q1 Jazz -10; Q2 Jazz -4; Q3 Jazz -1; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 Jazz +7
Final · Box score
Wolves105
Kings112
Q1 Kings +1; Q2 Kings +3; Q3 Kings +4; Q4 Kings +7
Final · Box score
Bucks93
Raptors96
Q1 Raptors +2; Q2 Raptors +10; Q3 Raptors 0; Q4 Raptors +3
Final · Box score
Mavs105
Grizzlies98
Q1 Mavs -10; Q2 Mavs +2; Q3 Mavs -5; Q4 Mavs +7
On this day · 1995–96Dec 19, 1995: 10 games. Top scorer: Bison Dele (Clippers-Bullets), 33 points.
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The lead · Jazz-Heat

Karl Malone scores 35, Utah wins in overtime

Tom Gugliotta goes for 33 points

Game flow · Jazz margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-4-10+7Jazz AHEAD ↑Heat AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Jazz162218271194
Heat26161526487
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 26, 34, 21, 22, 27, 11, 29, 35Jazz35 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 18, 6, 18, 11, 10, 16, 21, 12Jazz12 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 33, 28, 16, 25, 21, 15, 2, 24Heat24 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 10, 10, 20, 14, 20, 26, 25, 13Heat13 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Chicago by 21.

Raptors over Bucks3Jazz over Heat7Kings over Wolves7Mavs over Grizzlies7Bullets over Clippers9Spurs over Rockets14Bulls over Hornets21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
The night in charts
Wolves-Kings combined for 217, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-KingsWolves 105, Kings 112
217
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 115, Rockets 101
216
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 105, Grizzlies 98
203
Bullets-ClippersBullets 102, Clippers 93
195
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 93, Raptors 96
189
Jazz-HeatJazz 94, Heat 87
181
Bulls-HornetsBulls 93, Hornets 72
165
Raptors won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 93, Raptors 96
+3 Raptors
Wolves-KingsWolves 105, Kings 112
+7 Kings
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 105, Grizzlies 98
+7 Mavs
Jazz-HeatJazz 94, Heat 87
+7 Jazz
Bullets-ClippersBullets 102, Clippers 93
+9 Bullets
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 115, Rockets 101
+14 Spurs
Bulls-HornetsBulls 93, Hornets 72
+21 Bulls
Mavs erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs won · Mavs 105, Grizzlies 98
10 pts
Jazz-HeatJazz won · Jazz 94, Heat 87
10 pts
Spurs-RocketsSpurs won · Spurs 115, Rockets 101
6 pts
Avery Johnson shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Avery JohnsonSpurs · 15 PTS, 6 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
WebberBullets · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
67% (12-18)
LangBucks · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
GatlingMavs · 25 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
65% (11-17)
HarperMavs · 22 PTS, 11 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB
64% (9-14)
Final · Bucks-Raptors
Bucks 93Raptors 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2426251893
Raptors2634152196
The story
Damon Stoudamire's 19 points and 12 assists carried Toronto past Milwaukee, 96-93

For Milwaukee, Vin Baker had 21 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 8-21 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 34-26, was where the Raptors built it.

Raptors lead by quarter
200 +2+100+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Heat
Jazz 94Heat 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Jazz162218271194
Heat26161526487
The story
John Stockton had 12 points and 10 assists as Utah beat Miami 94-87 in OT

Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 13 PTS, 11 REB 12 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB · 4-9 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Jazz won the overtime 11-4.

Jazz lead by quarter
200 −10−4−10+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wolves-Kings
Wolves 105Kings 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28252824105
Kings29272927112
The story
Sacramento beat Minnesota 112-105 behind 31 points from Mitch Richmond

Stephon Marbury paced Minnesota: 18 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 31 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 8-18 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

A 27-24 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

Kings lead by quarter
200 +1+3+4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
Blue EdwardsGrizzlies
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 35

Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 26, 34, 21, 22, 27, 11, 29, 35Jazz-Heat · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 20, 37, 13, 27, 32, 29, 30, 35Bulls-Hornets · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 28, 16, 14, 19, 25, 21, 20, 33Wolves-Kings · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 7, 29, 22, 22, 17, 24, 33, 28, 32, 31Kings-Wolves · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 15, 12, 13, 12, 16, 13, 19, 27Clippers-Bullets · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 19, 8, 10, 14, 16, 10, 16, 25Clippers-Bullets · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
George LynchGrizzlies+4.3 12.4 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelLakers+4.3 19.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Anthony PeelerGrizzlies+4.1 16.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Kerry KittlesNets+3.9 18.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Robert PackNets+3.9 18.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Armen GilliamBucks−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Eddie JonesLakers−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Hakeem OlajuwonRockets−3.2 19.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Charlie WardKnicks−3.1 3.4 last 10 · 6.5 season
Dan MajerleHeat−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season