FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 15, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DAL by 12 at halftime and won 106–103.

Final · OT
CHI112
DET109
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
SAS108
HOU112
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DEN91
MIA97
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +6
Final
WSB98
MIL109
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +11
Final
PHX96
POR84
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +12
Final
CLE95
TOR76
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +19
Final
DAL103
UTA106
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 UTA +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 · DAL @ UTA

Karl Malone scores 30, Utah rallies past Dallas

Utah trailed by 12 at the half and won 106–103.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-6-12-7+3UTA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL33251827103
UTA27192337106
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 28, 27, 39, 31, 22, 36, 21, 30UTA30 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 17, 31, 18, 8, 18, 28, 18, 21UTA21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 21, 36, 26, 22, 11, 20, 15, 34DAL34 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 17, 23, 12, 17, 36, 32, 23, 20DAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Cleveland by 19.

CHI over DET3UTA over DAL3HOU over SAS4MIA over DEN6MIL over WSB11PHX over POR12CLE over TOR19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 34

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.
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 21, 36, 26, 22, 11, 20, 15, 34DAL @ UTA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 22, 27, 17, 39, 28, 40, 32, 32CHI @ DET · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 16, 23, 12, 25, 17, 14, 13, 31SAS @ HOU · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 28, 27, 39, 31, 22, 36, 21, 30UTA vs DAL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Gheorghe MuresanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 17, 22, 21, 11, 11, 9, 9, 29WSB @ MIL · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 14, 24, 26, 23, 20, 21, 28, 27WSB @ MIL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Brent PriceWSB+6.0 14.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Brent BarryLAC+5.8 15.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.5 15.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chris ChildsNJN+5.3 16.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Terry DehereLAC+5.1 16.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Lamond MurrayLAC−6.5 4.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−6.1 17.1 last 10 · 23.2 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Sharone WrightPHI−5.4 5.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
A.C. GreenPHX−4.9 5.2 last 10 · 10.1 season