FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 21, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Grizzlies trailed Blazers by 11 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final · Box score
Clippers77
Celtics99
Q1 Celtics -1; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 Celtics +2; Q4 Celtics +22
Final · Box score
Jazz101
Cavs106
Q1 Cavs -7; Q2 Cavs 0; Q3 Cavs 0; Q4 Cavs +5
Final · Box score
Blazers86
Grizzlies88
Q1 Grizzlies -11; Q2 Grizzlies -7; Q3 Grizzlies -6; Q4 Grizzlies +2
On this day · 1996–97Dec 21, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Rasheed Wallace (Blazers-Kings), 38 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Grizzlies

Vancouver fights back from 11 down against Portland

Shareef Abdur-Rahim goes for 28 points

Game flow · Grizzlies margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-7-6+2Grizzlies AHEAD ↑Blazers AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2518251886
Grizzlies1422262688
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 27, 21, 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28Grizzlies28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 16, 9, 13, 13, 15, 9, 8, 15Grizzlies15 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 9, 26, 15, 21, 10, 21, 31, 19Blazers19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 4, 14, 15, 14, 23, 9, 18Blazers18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Jazz-Cavs

Cleveland handles Utah by 5

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 31–26. Final: 106–101. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Grizzlies over Blazers2Cavs over Jazz5Celtics over Clippers22Final margin, points. Pink = Cavs over Jazz.
The night in charts
Jazz-Cavs combined for 207, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-CavsJazz 101, Cavs 106
207
Clippers-CelticsClippers 77, Celtics 99
176
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 86, Grizzlies 88
174
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 86, Grizzlies 88
+2 Grizzlies
Jazz-CavsJazz 101, Cavs 106
+5 Cavs
Clippers-CelticsClippers 77, Celtics 99
+22 Celtics
Grizzlies erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-GrizzliesGrizzlies won · Blazers 86, Grizzlies 88
11 pts
Jazz-CavsCavs won · Jazz 101, Cavs 106
7 pts
Clippers-CelticsCeltics won · Clippers 77, Celtics 99
1 pt
Rogers shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RogersClippers · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
ReevesGrizzlies · 12 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
Rasheed WallaceBlazers · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
KempCavs · 24 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
54% (7-13)
BarrosCeltics · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Blazers-Grizzlies
Blazers 86Grizzlies 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2518251886
Grizzlies1422262688
The story
Antonio Daniels had 14 points and 8 assists as Vancouver beat Portland 88-86

Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 14 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 4-15 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Grizzlies took the fourth 26-18.

Grizzlies lead by quarter
200 −11−7−6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Cavs
Jazz 101Cavs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz23223026101
Cavs16293031106
The story
Shawn Kemp's 24 points and 11 rebounds carried Cleveland past Utah, 106-101

For Utah, Karl Malone had 24 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 7-13 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 7 going into the second, then won it 29-22.

Cavs lead by quarter
200 −700+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Celtics
Clippers 77Celtics 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2026181377
Celtics1927203399
The story
Boston beat Los Angeles 99-77 behind 23 points and 15 rebounds from Antoine Walker

Lorenzen Wright paced Los Angeles: 19 REB, 14 PTS, 2 AST 23 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST · 8-25 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 33-13 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

Celtics lead by quarter
300 −10+2+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
Dee BrownCeltics
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 28

Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 27, 21, 30, 22, 18, 24, 25, 28Grizzlies-Blazers · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 24, 31, 34, 23, 26, 29, 30, 24Jazz-Cavs · L
25.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 11, 17, 18, 25, 21, 20, 10, 24Cavs-Jazz · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 19, 26, 19, 23, 19, 17, 18, 23Celtics-Clippers · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 8, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 16, 23Cavs-Jazz · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 18, 14, 12, 4, 10, 1, 15, 20Clippers-Celtics · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kobe BryantLakers+3.8 21.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ron HarperBulls+3.6 13.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Voshon LenardHeat+3.3 15.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin WillisRockets+3.2 21.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Erick DampierWarriors+3.2 12.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Eddie JonesLakers−4.2 13.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Kenny AndersonBlazers−3.9 9.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jamal MashburnHeat−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Lindsey HunterPistons−3.1 11.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
David WesleyHornets−3.0 8.4 last 10 · 11.4 season