FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 3, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by LAL (vs SEA) and LAC (vs CHH).

Final · Box score
BOS95
ATL105
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +10
Final · Box score
TOR74
CLE93
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +19
Final · Box score
DEN99
GSW114
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +15
Final · Box score
CHH89
LAC96
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
Final · Box score
SEA106
LAL110
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +4
Final · Box score
CHI107
MIL104
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
SAC96
MIN89
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +7
Final · Box score
MIA99
NYK75
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +24
Final · OT · Box score
IND98
POR93
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Dec 3, 1995: 6 games. Top scorer: Oliver Miller (TOR vs MIA), 29 points.
The lead · SEA @ LAL

Lakers beat Seattle, 110–106

Lakers led 90–84 after three and won by 4. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3+6+4LAL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA28302622106
LAL26293520110
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 26, 29, 23, 23, 22, 27, 24, 32LAL32 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 20, 14, 21, 2, 15, 8, 24, 18LAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 23, 15, 17, 15, 27, 14, 5, 27SEA27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 31, 22, 16, 17, 22, 26, 18, 24SEA24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Miami by 24.

CHI over MIL3LAL over SEA4IND over POR5LAC over CHH7SAC over MIN7ATL over BOS10GSW over DEN15CLE over TOR19MIA over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 8 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
24.01995–96 avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 1995–96 (79 games). Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 25, 37, 31, 44, 40, 36, 35, 40CHI @ MIL · W
32.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 26, 29, 23, 23, 22, 27, 24, 32LAL vs SEA · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 12, 30, 22, 12, 24, 19, 25, 32IND @ POR · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 11, 20, 14, 32, 25, 12, 7, 29POR vs IND · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 12, 32, 23, 15, 18, 25, 7, 29SAC @ MIN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 33, 32, 28, 14, 26, 32, 28, 28GSW vs DEN · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST