FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 14, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–96.

Final
SEA97
ATL91
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +6
Final
UTA105
IND96
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +9
Final
LAC97
LAL95
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +2
Final
VAN82
MIA88
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +6
Final
WSB105
MIL96
Q1 WSB 0; Q2 WSB +4; Q3 WSB +7; Q4 WSB +9
Final
CHI98
NJN99
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +1
Final
CHH81
ORL86
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +5
Final
MIN95
PHI109
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +14
Final
CLE73
POR96
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +23
Final
BOS92
SAS103
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +11
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 · 1995–96Mar 14, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs ATL), 38 points.
The lead · UTA @ IND

Karl Malone posts 38 and 11 as Utah beats Indiana

38 points and 11 rebounds in a 105–96 win.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-4+1+9UTA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA19253130105
IND2820262296
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38UTA38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Antoine CarrPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 8, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 15UTA15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 21, 15, 11, 13, 22, 25, 14, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 20, 27, 29, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23IND23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 52 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg46.9Today

47 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · CHH @ ORL

Orlando makes it three straight

Orlando beat Charlotte 86–81 and moved to 35–28. Anfernee Hardaway led Orlando with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
Wvs MIA98–86Wvs SAS94–73Lvs SEA101–109W@ SEA101–89W@ LAC94–93L@ GSW101–108L@ PHX85–121W@ DEN96–91W@ HOU96–95Wvs CHH86–81ORL: last 10 games through Mar 14, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 39

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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 29, 24, 39, 24, 48, 21, 24, 39CHH @ ORL · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38UTA @ IND · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 35, 31, 16, 38, 36, 32, 23, 36CHI @ NJN · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 19, 8, 25, 20, 17, 27, 21, 36ATL vs SEA · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 10, 24, 25, 26, 19, 23, 10, 28NJN vs CHI · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 10, 26, 18, 9, 24, 23, 16, 27VAN @ MIA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Ike AustinMIA+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Elden CampbellLAL+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Loy VaughtLAC+6.1 21.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.1 20.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Sam CassellNJN+5.6 20.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.7 2.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dale EllisDEN−8.0 8.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Joe SmithGSW−4.5 14.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Terry MillsDET−4.4 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season