FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 5, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed ORL by 5 after the first quarter and won 74–69.

Final · Box score
Wizards113
Knicks106
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +7
Final · Box score
Spurs74
Magic69
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +5
Final · Box score
Bucks98
Blazers92
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +6
Final · Box score
Rockets120
Raptors96
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +24
On this day · 1996–97Jan 5, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Derrick Coleman (Sixers-Kings), 35 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Magic

San Antonio makes it four straight

Arvydas Sabonis goes for 32 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-3-2+5SAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1623171874
Magic2121161169
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 18, 23, 13, 22, 8, 22, 20SAS20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 11, 39, 34, 16, 7, 22, 27, 12SAS12 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 7, 3, 16, 6, 6, 2, 12, 21ORL21 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 20, 37, 16, 25, 9, 9, 28, 12ORL12 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Rockets-Raptors

Houston rolls past Toronto, 120–96

The Raptors were held to 20 points in the second quarter. Kevin Willis led Houston with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over ORL5MIL over POR6WAS over NYK7HOU over TOR24Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over TOR.
The night in charts
Wizards-Knicks combined for 219, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-KnicksWizards 113, Knicks 106
219
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 120, Raptors 96
216
Bucks-BlazersBucks 98, Blazers 92
190
Spurs-MagicSpurs 74, Magic 69
143
SAS won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Spurs-MagicSpurs 74, Magic 69
+5 SAS
Bucks-BlazersBucks 98, Blazers 92
+6 MIL
Wizards-KnicksWizards 113, Knicks 106
+7 WAS
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 120, Raptors 96
+24 HOU
SAS rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-MagicSAS won · Spurs 74, Magic 69
5 pts
Rockets-RaptorsHOU won · Rockets 120, Raptors 96
3 pts
Cheaney shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CheaneyWAS · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
DuncanSAS · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
WillisHOU · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
Rasheed WallacePOR · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
60% (6-10)
HowardWAS · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
Final · Spurs-Magic
Spurs 74Magic 69
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1623171874
Magic2121161169
The story
David Robinson had 12 points and 11 rebounds as San Antonio beat Orlando 74-69

Rony Seikaly led Orlando with 12 PTS, 8 REB 12 PTS, 11 REB, 4 BLK, 2 AST · 3-9 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Spurs took the fourth 18-11.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −5−3−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Darrell Armstrong led the game in fantasy with 40.8 FPTS (21 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST)

Final · Bucks-Blazers
Bucks 98Blazers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks3020242498
Blazers2326202392
The story
Terrell Brandon's 16 points and 15 assists carried Milwaukee past Portland, 98-92

For Portland, Gary Trent had 15 PTS, 8 REB 16 PTS, 15 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 6-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-23, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +7+1+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Knicks
Wizards 113Knicks 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards30302825113
Knicks19243033106
The story
Washington beat New York 113-106 behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Webber

John Starks paced New York: 24 PTS, 4 AST 26 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 10-18 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 30-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +11+17+15+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Arvydas Sabonis leads the day with 32

Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 9, 18, 19, 25, 13, 4, 16, 32Blazers-Bucks · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 23, 17, 26, 22, 22, 21, 22, 26Wizards-Knicks · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 27, 22, 30, 29, 32, 42, 35, 26Bucks-Blazers · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 25, 20, 20, 20, 10, 19, 29, 26Wizards-Knicks · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 13, 10, 13, 17, 16, 12, 10, 24Knicks-Wizards · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Oliver MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 8, 4, 4, 12, 6, 10, 5, 22Raptors-Rockets · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.8 28.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Michael JordanCHI+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Derek AndersonCLE+4.9 17.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+4.7 20.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−6.0 10.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Ike AustinMIA−5.9 9.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
John WallaceTOR−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.3 11.7 last 10 · 15.0 season