FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 5, 1995Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed UTA by 13 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final · Box score
PHI91
IND108
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +17
Final · Box score
ORL114
LAC105
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final · Box score
DAL87
NYK92
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
VAN108
PHX112
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +4
Final · Box score
LAL89
SAS117
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +28
Final · Box score
TOR89
SEA119
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +29; Q4 SEA +30
Final · Box score
HOU103
UTA100
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Houston rallies from 13 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 13 after one, Houston outscored the Jazz 86–70 the rest of the way. Final: 103–100. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-3-2+3HOU AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU17303323103
UTA30203218100
Who led
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 28, 15, 9, 19, 30, 31, 19, 25HOU25 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Robert HorryPoints, last 10 games: 40, 22, 16, 26, 14, 8, 4, 11, 2, 25HOU25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 31, 14, 25, 19, 28, 25, 27, 27UTA27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Chris MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 21, 22, 9, 14, 2, 17, 4, 21UTA21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHI @ IND

Indiana beats Philadelphia, 108–91

Indiana led 75–65 after three and won by 17. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 23 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over UTA3PHX over VAN4NYK over DAL5ORL over LAC9IND over PHI17SAS over LAL28SEA over TOR30Final margin, points. Pink = IND over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 11 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anfernee Hardaway leads the day with 38

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 37, 22, 30, 16, 24, 22, 15, 38ORL @ LAC · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 19, 24, 15, 7, 22, 7, 35PHI @ IND · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 31, 14, 25, 19, 28, 25, 27, 27UTA vs HOU · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 16, 22, 20, 18, 22, 32, 23, 26PHI @ IND · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 28, 15, 9, 19, 30, 31, 19, 25HOU @ UTA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 4, 12, 24, 23, 19, 12, 16, 17, 25PHX vs VAN · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST