FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 27, 1997Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Grizzlies97
Warriors122
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +25
Final · Box score
Suns97
Heat125
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +28
On this day · 1995–96Jan 27, 1996: 11 games. Top scorer: Rex Chapman (Heat-Cavs), 29 points.
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The lead · Grizzlies-Warriors

Latrell Sprewell scores 33 in Golden State rout of Vancouver

Alonzo Mourning goes for 20 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+6+15+25GSW AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2224242797
Warriors27253337122
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 32, 38, 26, 25, 46, 18, 27, 33GSW33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 33, 26, 26, 13, 21, 17, 17, 30GSW30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 15, 12, 26, 19, 22, 6, 21, 23VAN23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 9, 15, 17, 4, 11, 11, 13, 21VAN21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Suns-Heat

Miami leads Phoenix wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 125–97. Best quarter: the fourth, 36–34. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Suns
Tim Hardaway · MIALoren Meyer · PHXPTS2118REB32AST100Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Suns-Heat combined for 222, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-HeatSuns 97, Heat 125
222
Grizzlies-WarriorsGrizzlies 97, Warriors 122
219
GSW won the closest game by 25
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-WarriorsGrizzlies 97, Warriors 122
+25 GSW
Suns-HeatSuns 97, Heat 125
+28 MIA
P.J. Brown shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
P.J. BrownMIA · 14 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
DanilovicMIA · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
ZoMIA · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 6 BLK, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
MeyerPHX · 18 PTS, 3 BLK, 2 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
SprewellGSW · 33 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Grizzlies-Warriors
Grizzlies 97Warriors 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2224242797
Warriors27253337122
The story
Joe Smith had 30 points and 12 rebounds as Golden State beat Vancouver 122-97

Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 23 PTS, 8 REB 30 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 10-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the fourth 37-27, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
300 +5+6+15+25 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Heat
Suns 97Heat 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1926183497
Heat32292836125
The story
Tim Hardaway's 21 points and 10 assists carried Miami past Phoenix, 125-97

For Phoenix, Steve Nash had 13 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB · 7-13 FG, 5-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-19, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
300 +13+16+26+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.8Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg24.9Today

25 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 33

Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 32, 38, 26, 25, 46, 18, 27, 33Warriors-Grizzlies · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 33, 26, 26, 13, 21, 17, 17, 30Warriors-Grizzlies · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 15, 12, 26, 19, 22, 6, 21, 23Grizzlies-Warriors · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 28, 22, 9, 9, 24, 26, 11, 21Heat-Suns · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 9, 15, 17, 4, 11, 11, 13, 21Grizzlies-Warriors · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 32, 20, 34, 14, 15, 14, 22, 20Heat-Suns · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kendall GillNJN+6.7 28.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Glen RiceCHH+5.7 29.8 last 10 · 24.1 season
Rony SeikalyORL+5.1 22.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Clar. WeatherspoonPHI+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Horace GrantORL+4.6 17.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Gerald WilkinsORL−5.2 7.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Nick AndersonORL−3.6 9.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Dale EllisDEN−3.5 14.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Tom HammondsDEN−3.2 2.6 last 10 · 5.8 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season