FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 15, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed WSB by 11 at halftime and won 100–93.

Final
ATL79
CHI99
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +20
Final
SAS105
DEN121
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +16
Final
TOR102
GSW106
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +4
Final
CHH107
PHI99
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +8
Final
DAL76
PHX101
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +25
Final
UTA100
WSB93
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +7
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 15, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs DEN), 33 points.
The lead · UTA @ WSB

Karl Malone scores 32 in Utah win over Washington

Final: 100–93. Karl Malone added 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final00-11+5+7UTA AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA24123628100
WSB2423202693
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32UTA32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 23, 17, 11, 9, 18, 18, 10, 16UTA16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 12, 19, 19, 28, 21, 13, 6, 27WSB27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gheorghe MuresanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 12, 4, 12, 12, 12, 12, 23, 16WSB16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Dallas by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.

GSW over TOR4UTA over WSB7CHH over PHI8DEN over SAS16CHI over ATL20PHX over DAL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 53 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

LaPhonso Ellis 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.
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 32, 29, 29, 19, 12, 19, 28, 39DEN vs SAS · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 13, 32, 33, 19, 20, 16, 10, 33DEN vs SAS · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32UTA @ WSB · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 25, 18, 20, 19, 17, 37, 24, 31PHI vs CHH · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 12, 19, 19, 28, 21, 13, 6, 27WSB vs UTA · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 12, 12, 24, 21, 13, 23, 23, 27TOR @ GSW · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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
Michael FinleyDAL+6.7 21.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Loy VaughtLAC+6.1 21.1 last 10 · 15.0 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−6.2 10.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Henry JamesATL−5.2 2.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Terry MillsDET−4.4 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season