FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 8, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WSB92
ATL98
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +6
Final
SAC105
CHH115
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +10
Final · 2OT
UTA133
DAL136
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +3
Final
LAC95
DEN115
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +20
Final
NJN102
PHX107
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +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
The lead · UTA @ DAL

Jim Jackson scores 38, Dallas wins in double overtime

Tied 113–113 after regulation. Final: 136–133. Karl Malone scored 36 for Utah in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+2+8+900+3DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
UTA27243230713133
DAL29303321716136
Who led
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 18, 23, 27, 15, 15, 21, 15, 38DAL38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 23, 19, 17, 23, 12, 17, 36, 32DAL32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 40, 28, 27, 39, 31, 22, 36UTA36 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 10, 19, 17, 31, 18, 8, 18, 28UTA28 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · NJN @ PHX

Phoenix leads New Jersey wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 107–102. Best quarter: the first, 34–24. Charles Barkley led Phoenix with 30 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over UTA3PHX over NJN5ATL over WSB6CHH over SAC10DEN over LAC20Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over NJN.
Top performances

Jim Jackson 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.
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 18, 23, 27, 15, 15, 21, 15, 38DAL vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 40, 28, 27, 39, 31, 22, 36UTA @ DAL · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 28, 34, 21, 9, 11, 26, 17, 33CHH vs SAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 23, 19, 17, 23, 12, 17, 36, 32DAL vs UTA · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 20, 37, 18, 15, 31, 35, 30PHX vs NJN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 36, 36, 10, 30, 34, 18, 25, 29SAC @ CHH · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Chris ChildsNJN+6.4 17.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Brent BarryLAC+6.3 16.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Terry DehereLAC+6.1 18.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Rex ChapmanMIA+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.1 14.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Lamond MurrayLAC−6.8 3.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Chris MullinGSW−5.0 8.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.0 5.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.0 18.4 last 10 · 23.4 season