FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 19, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 7 after three quarters and won 102–96.

Final · Box score
Bulls86
Rockets102
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +16
Final · Box score
Sixers107
Pacers111
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +4
Final · 2OT · Box score
Cavs107
Clippers102
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 Cavs 0; OT1 Cavs 0; OT2 CLE +5
Final · Box score
Magic99
Heat87
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +12
Final · Box score
Jazz96
Blazers102
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
Raptors92
Grizzlies100
Q1 VAN +11; Q2 VAN +6; Q3 VAN +9; Q4 VAN +8
On this day · 1995–96Jan 19, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Patrick Ewing (Knicks-Sonics), 41 points.
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The lead · Jazz-Blazers

Portland handles Utah by 6

Hakeem Olajuwon goes for 32 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+1-7+6POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2819292096
Blazers31172133102
Who led
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 23, 25, 15, 12, 14, 16, 17, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 33, 24, 17, 16, 11, 14, 22POR22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 9, 17, 17, 16, 16, 13, 10, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 27, 38, 24, 19, 28, 28, 30, 17UTA17 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Magic-Heat

Orlando upsets Miami

Orlando (15–19) beat Miami (28–10) 99–87. Anfernee Hardaway led Orlando with 19 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over PHI4CLE over LAC5POR over UTA6VAN over TOR8ORL over MIA12HOU over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over MIA.
The night in charts
Sixers-Pacers combined for 218, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-PacersSixers 107, Pacers 111
218
Cavs-ClippersCavs 107, Clippers 102
209
Jazz-BlazersJazz 96, Blazers 102
198
Raptors-GrizzliesRaptors 92, Grizzlies 100
192
Bulls-RocketsBulls 86, Rockets 102
188
Magic-HeatMagic 99, Heat 87
186
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Sixers-PacersSixers 107, Pacers 111
+4 IND
Cavs-ClippersCavs 107, Clippers 102
+5 CLE
Jazz-BlazersJazz 96, Blazers 102
+6 POR
Raptors-GrizzliesRaptors 92, Grizzlies 100
+8 VAN
Magic-HeatMagic 99, Heat 87
+12 ORL
Bulls-RocketsBulls 86, Rockets 102
+16 HOU
POR rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-BlazersPOR won · Jazz 96, Blazers 102
7 pts
Magic-HeatORL won · Magic 99, Heat 87
1 pt
Wilkins shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WilkinsORL · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST
73% (8-11)
RogersTOR · 14 PTS, 4 BLK, 3 REB
70% (7-10)
WestCLE · 16 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
ScottORL · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
VaughtLAC · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Sixers-Pacers
Sixers 107Pacers 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers19222937107
Pacers24342726111
The story
Rik Smits' 20 points carried Indiana past Philadelphia, 111-107

For Philadelphia, Clar. Weatherspoon had 18 PTS, 10 REB 20 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 34-22, was where the Pacers built it.

IND lead by quarter
200 +5+17+15+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Clippers
Cavs 107Clippers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Cavs281916151415107
Clippers241519201410102
The story
Bobby Phills had 25 points and 12 assists as Cleveland beat Los Angeles 107-102 in OT

Loy Vaught led Los Angeles with 21 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 12 AST, 8 REB · 10-21 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the second overtime 15-10.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +4+8+500+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Bulls-Rockets
Bulls 86Rockets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2229221386
Rockets28272027102
The story
Houston beat Chicago 102-86 behind a 17-10-11 triple-double from Clyde Drexler

Bill Wennington paced Chicago: 14 PTS, 10 REB 17 PTS, 11 AST, 10 REB · 7-15 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 27-13 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +6+4+2+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg8.8Last 3

8.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
8.71995–96 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 1995–96 (23 games). Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 16, 25, 22, 26, 23, 12, 27, 37Sixers-Pacers · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 4, 25, 27, 28, 19, 6, 24, 34Raptors-Grizzlies · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29, 15, 26, 26, 32Rockets-Bulls · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 45, 28, 22, 23, 33, 32, 39, 25, 24, 26Bulls-Rockets · L
30.3 PPG season to date · −4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 12, 34, 17, 37, 19, 15, 12, 26Grizzlies-Raptors · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 23, 25, 15, 12, 14, 16, 17, 26Blazers-Jazz · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Glen RiceCHH+8.0 31.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Isaiah RiderPOR+6.2 21.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Vernon MaxwellSAS+5.1 17.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+5.0 22.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+4.7 21.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−4.1 9.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Joe DumarsDET−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 8.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−3.7 6.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Malik SealyLAC−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season