FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 5, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by SEA (vs PHX) and POR (vs DEN).

Final
CHI126
CHH92
Q1 CHI +27; Q2 CHI +39; Q3 CHI +33; Q4 CHI +34
Final
POR97
DEN91
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +6
Final
VAN94
LAL104
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +10
Final
NYK86
MIL79
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +7
Final
ATL82
NJN70
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +12
Final
DET108
PHI87
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +27; Q4 DET +21
Final
HOU91
SAC96
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +5
Final
WSB104
SAS84
Q1 WSB +10; Q2 WSB +11; Q3 WSB +15; Q4 WSB +20
Final · 2OT
PHX121
SEA130
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -8; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA 0; OT2 SEA +9
Final
MIN103
UTA99
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +4
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 · POR @ DEN

Portland turns it around against Denver

From 8 down after one to a 6-point win: 97–91. Rod Strickland led Portland with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · POR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+1+6POR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3120242297
DEN3914211791
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 18, 20, 13, 11, 10, 11, 6, 29POR29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 12, 15, 17, 17, 25, 17, 19, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 27, 16, 11, 10, 14, 15, 19, 18DEN18 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 8, 15, 23, 18, 12, 12, 11, 17DEN17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 30.8 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Charlotte by 34, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIN over UTA4SAC over HOU5POR over DEN6NYK over MIL7SEA over PHX9LAL over VAN10ATL over NJN12WSB over SAS20DET over PHI21CHI over CHH34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 33

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 27, 29, 17, 21, 24, 20, 17, 33UTA vs MIN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 18, 20, 13, 11, 10, 11, 6, 29POR @ DEN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 0, 4, 12, 6, 6, 22, 22, 29PHX @ SEA · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 11, 6, 10, 16, 22, 32, 7, 28CHI @ CHH · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 19, 22, 27, 21, 30, 17, 21, 28SAC vs HOU · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 18, 18, 7, 10, 11, 9, 10, 26LAL vs VAN · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
David WesleyBOS+8.1 19.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Chris GatlingMIA+7.6 18.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Toni KukocCHI+7.4 20.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+6.6 33.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−7.4 14.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.9 3.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jim JacksonDAL−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Billy OwensSAC−5.5 8.2 last 10 · 13.7 season