FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 17, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHH by 9 after the first quarter and won 114–93.

Final · OT
ORL107
ATL112
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +5
Final
MIL117
BOS126
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +9
Final
UTA114
CHH93
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DET82
CLE85
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +3
Final
LAL113
DEN94
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +19
Final
PHX116
GSW95
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +21
Final
WSB109
SAS85
Q1 WSB +8; Q2 WSB +5; Q3 WSB +22; Q4 WSB +24
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 17, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Johnson (PHX @ CHH), 30 points.
The lead · UTA @ CHH

Karl Malone goes for 37 in Utah win over Charlotte

Utah won 114–93.

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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-1+12+21UTA AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA22293330114
CHH3121202193
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32, 37UTA37 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 6, 16, 26, 16, 31, 4, 10, 23UTA23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 39, 24, 48, 21, 24, 39, 27, 29CHH29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 10, 10, 23, 20, 11, 4, 7, 17CHH17 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · PHX @ GSW

Phoenix climbs out of an 8-point hole against Golden State

Down 8 at the half, the Suns won the third quarter 34–25 and the game 116–95. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs GSW
Jason Kidd · PHXDonyell Marshall · GSWPTS3321REB310AST64Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Steven Smith leads the day with 38

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.
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 25, 20, 17, 27, 21, 36, 20, 38ATL vs ORL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32, 37UTA @ CHH · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 21, 21, 19, 27, 31, 27, 14, 35ORL @ ATL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 23, 6, 15, 5, 4, 7, 4, 33PHX @ GSW · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 31, 4, 11, 37, 11, 12, 8, 14, 8, 30LAL @ DEN · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 39, 24, 48, 21, 24, 39, 27, 29CHH vs UTA · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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+7.2 17.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.1 20.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Sam CassellNJN+5.7 21.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Elden CampbellLAL+5.3 19.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+5.2 17.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.8 2.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dale EllisDEN−6.9 9.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Henry JamesATL−4.9 2.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antonio DavisIND−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season