FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 7, 1996Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G2
NYK80
CHI91
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +11
Final · R2 · G1
UTA95
SAS75
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +20
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 · Conference semifinals · Game 2 · NYK @ CHI

Chicago wins Game 2 over New York, 91–80

Conference semifinals series: Chicago 2, New York 0. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+1+2+11CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1922182180
CHI2220193091
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 30, 24, 26, 35, 29, 26, 44, 28CHI28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 6, 11, 20, 13, 24, 22, 11, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 28, 28, 23, 16, 16, 21, 23NYK23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 13, 18, 18, 21, 16, 22, 4, 12NYK12 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · UTA @ SAS · R2 · G1

Utah leads San Antonio wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 95–75. Best quarter: the first, 29–18. Karl Malone led Utah with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · UTA vs SAS
G1 · @ SASUTA95–75Game by game through May 7, winner and final score. Pink = UTA win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+4.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.2Reg. season avg19.3Last 3 playoff games

19.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.2 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Reg. season avg9.7Last 3 playoff games

9.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.8 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Reg. season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in the regular season (59 games). Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

David Robinson leads the day with 29

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.
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 14, 29, 32, 28, 40, 22, 30, 29SAS vs UTA · L
29.8 PPG playoffs to date · −1.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 30, 24, 26, 35, 29, 26, 44, 28CHI vs NYK · W
32.4 PPG playoffs to date · −5.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 28, 28, 23, 16, 16, 21, 23NYK @ CHI · L
19.8 PPG playoffs to date · +4.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 26, 18, 33, 30, 35, 15, 25, 23UTA @ SAS · W
26.8 PPG playoffs to date · −4.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 6, 11, 20, 13, 24, 22, 11, 19CHI vs NYK · W
17.8 PPG playoffs to date · +1.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 19, 8, 30, 18, 9, 30, 11, 17UTA @ SAS · W
19.2 PPG playoffs to date · −2.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST