FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 22, 1998Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Hornets trailed Rockets by 7 after the first quarter and won 93–86.

Final · Box score
Rockets86
Hornets93
Q1 Hornets -7; Q2 Hornets +8; Q3 Hornets +2; Q4 Hornets +7
Final · Box score
Kings96
Cavs112
Q1 Cavs +11; Q2 Cavs +16; Q3 Cavs +16; Q4 Cavs +16
Final · Box score
Pistons94
Clippers76
Q1 Pistons -5; Q2 Pistons +8; Q3 Pistons +11; Q4 Pistons +18
On this day · 1996–97Jan 22, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (Jazz-Suns), 41 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Hornets

Houston's skid reaches five

Mitch Richmond goes for 31 points

Game flow · Hornets margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+8+2+7Hornets AHEAD ↑Rockets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3013222186
Hornets2328162693
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 15, 23, 6, 10, 15, 6, 18, 28Hornets28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 26, 21, 10, 14, 11, 38, 10, 19Hornets19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 26, 18, 21, 34, 16, 18, 28, 20Rockets20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Matt MaloneyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 7, 7, 0, 17, 5, 13, 18, 19Rockets19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Pistons-Clippers

Detroit beats Clippers, 94–76

Detroit led 65–54 after three and won by 18. Grant Hill led Detroit with 35 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Hornets over Rockets7Cavs over Kings16Pistons over Clippers18Final margin, points. Pink = Pistons over Clippers.
The night in charts
Kings-Cavs combined for 208, 29 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-CavsKings 96, Cavs 112
208
Rockets-HornetsRockets 86, Hornets 93
179
Pistons-ClippersPistons 94, Clippers 76
170
Hornets won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Rockets-HornetsRockets 86, Hornets 93
+7 Hornets
Kings-CavsKings 96, Cavs 112
+16 Cavs
Pistons-ClippersPistons 94, Clippers 76
+18 Pistons
Hornets rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Rockets-HornetsHornets won · Rockets 86, Hornets 93
7 pts
Pistons-ClippersPistons won · Pistons 94, Clippers 76
5 pts
Polynice shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PolyniceKings · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
KempCavs · 29 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
Grant HillPistons · 35 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
55% (12-22)
WilliamsonKings · 19 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
RichmondKings · 31 PTS, 4 STL, 3 REB, 3 AST
52% (11-21)
Final · Rockets-Hornets
Rockets 86Hornets 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3013222186
Hornets2328162693
The story
Charlotte beat Houston 93-86 behind 28 points from David Wesley

Matt Maloney paced Houston: 19 PTS, 2 AST 28 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 9-19 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 28-13 second quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Hornets.

Hornets lead by quarter
200 −7+8+2+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Clyde Drexler topped the game at 43.9 FPTS: 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB

Final · Kings-Cavs
Kings 96Cavs 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2518282596
Cavs36232825112
The story
Shawn Kemp had 29 points and 10 rebounds as Cleveland beat Sacramento 112-96

Corliss Williamson led Sacramento with 19 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 29 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 10-15 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 36-25, their biggest quarter edge.

Cavs lead by quarter
200 +11+16+16+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 94Clippers 76
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1528222994
Clippers2015192276
The story
Joe Dumars' 18 points carried Detroit past Los Angeles, 94-76

For Los Angeles, Lamond Murray had 16 PTS, 5 REB 18 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 7-17 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The Pistons trailed by 5 going into the second, then won it 28-15.

Pistons lead by quarter
200 −5+8+11+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 35

Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 31, 14, 33, 37, 30, 26, 10, 35Pistons-Clippers · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 18, 8, 35, 23, 24, 22, 27, 31Kings-Cavs · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 9, 16, 18, 12, 19, 17, 31, 29Cavs-Kings · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 15, 23, 6, 10, 15, 6, 18, 28Hornets-Rockets · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 26, 18, 21, 34, 16, 18, 28, 20Rockets-Hornets · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 14, 17, 25, 14, 15, 19, 6, 19Kings-Cavs · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Samaki WalkerMavs+6.4 15.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Sam MackGrizzlies+6.0 16.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Joe DumarsPistons+4.9 16.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cedric HendersonCavs+4.8 15.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Sherman DouglasNets+4.5 15.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Ike AustinHeat−5.9 8.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Elden CampbellLakers−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bison DelePistons−3.8 13.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Sean ElliottSpurs−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Howard EisleyJazz−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season