FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 6, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–101.

Final · Box score
Jazz89
Bulls102
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
Hornets109
Warriors101
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 Hornets 0; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +8
Final · Box score
Lakers84
Blazers88
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +4; Q3 Blazers 0; Q4 POR +4
On this day · 1995–96Jan 6, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (Heat-Nuggets), 38 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Warriors

Glen Rice goes for 39 in Charlotte win over Golden State

Anthony Mason goes for 27 points

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30+1+8CHH AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets34252327109
Warriors37222220101
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27, 39CHH39 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 18, 19, 18, 17, 18, 14, 11, 27CHH27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26GSW26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 16, 3, 30, 24, 30, 27, 28, 23GSW23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Lakers-Blazers

Portland makes it five straight

Portland beat Lakers 88–84 and moved to 19–15. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Lvs SEA102–106Wvs DAL107–77L@ SAC99–101Lvs WSB84–106L@ UTA94–99W@ LAC102–98Wvs SAS110–86W@ HOU112–96W@ DAL110–104Wvs LAL88–84
The night in charts
Hornets-Warriors combined for 210, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-WarriorsHornets 109, Warriors 101
210
Jazz-BullsJazz 89, Bulls 102
191
Lakers-BlazersLakers 84, Blazers 88
172
POR won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Lakers-BlazersLakers 84, Blazers 88
+4 POR
Hornets-WarriorsHornets 109, Warriors 101
+8 CHH
Jazz-BullsJazz 89, Bulls 102
+13 CHI
Shaq shot 15-of-23 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ShaqLAL · 34 PTS, 12 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
65% (15-23)
StocktonUTA · 18 PTS, 11 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
MaloneUTA · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST
56% (10-18)
Joe SmithGSW · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
55% (11-20)
PriceGSW · 22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Lakers-Blazers
Lakers 84Blazers 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2218242084
Blazers2618202488
The story
Arvydas Sabonis had 24 points as Portland beat Los Angeles 88-84

Elden Campbell led Los Angeles with 14 PTS, 5 REB 24 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 8-18 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the first 26-22, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 +4+40+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shaquille O'Neal led the game in fantasy with 58.9 FPTS (34 PTS, 12 REB)

Final · Hornets-Warriors
Hornets 109Warriors 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets34252327109
Warriors37222220101
The story
Vlade Divac's 18 points and 16 rebounds carried Charlotte past Golden State, 109-101

For Golden State, Joe Smith had 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST · 5-11 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 27-20, was where the Hornets built it.

CHH lead by quarter
200 −30+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Bulls
Jazz 89Bulls 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz1522242889
Bulls29272125102
The story
Chicago beat Utah 102-89 behind 23 points from Michael Jordan

Karl Malone paced Utah: 27 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-20 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 29-15 first quarter did the most damage for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +14+19+16+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.0Season avg30.1Last 3

30.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 39

Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 13, 25, 18, 17, 38, 37, 27, 39Hornets-Warriors · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 41, 21, 26, 25, 28, 25, 31, 34Lakers-Blazers · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 18, 19, 18, 17, 18, 14, 11, 27Hornets-Warriors · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 20, 22, 24, 29, 22, 26, 28, 27Jazz-Bulls · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 43, 26, 25, 27, 27, 17, 39, 26Warriors-Hornets · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 8, 23, 26, 15, 15, 18, 33, 24Blazers-Lakers · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony PeelerVAN+6.3 20.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.6 20.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+5.4 29.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.1 20.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+4.3 17.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−3.4 18.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Armen GilliamMIL−3.3 6.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Johnny NewmanMIL−3.2 5.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−3.1 9.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mark DavisPHI−3.1 4.3 last 10 · 7.4 season