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Friday, March 28, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHH by 12 at halftime and won 116–115.

Final
IND116
CHH115
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -12; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +1
Final
LAC85
DET113
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +28
Final
CLE79
MIA83
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +4
Final
NYK86
NJN92
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +6
Final
BOS105
PHI113
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
GSW115
PHX122
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +7
Final
VAN81
POR115
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +25; Q3 POR +31; Q4 POR +34
Final
MIN81
SEA92
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +11
Final
MIL96
UTA101
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +5
Final
TOR86
WSB113
Q1 WSB +22; Q2 WSB +23; Q3 WSB +27; Q4 WSB +27
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 28, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ POR), 27 points.
The lead · IND @ CHH

Reggie Miller scores 39, Indiana rallies past Charlotte

Indiana trailed by 12 at the half and won 116–115.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0+2-12-9+1IND AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND35203130116
CHH33342820115
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 23, 20, 27, 18, 18, 24, 16, 39IND39 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 25, 24, 21, 14, 20, 28, 18, 27IND27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 8, 12, 3, 0, 14, 12, 18, 25CHH25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 4, 7, 17, 16, 12, 10, 10, 21CHH21 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Portland by 34.

IND over CHH1MIA over CLE4UTA over MIL5NJN over NYK6PHX over GSW7PHI over BOS8SEA over MIN11WSB over TOR27DET over LAC28POR over VAN34Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 53 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 66 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg34.1Today

34 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Reggie Miller 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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 23, 20, 27, 18, 18, 24, 16, 39IND @ CHH · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 23, 19, 37, 24, 21, 28, 31, 38PHX vs GSW · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 10, 29, 24, 22, 19, 22, 13, 37BOS @ PHI · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 41, 37, 12, 16, 20, 27, 22, 14, 8, 31GSW @ PHX · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 27, 38, 32, 37, 32, 20, 35, 31UTA vs MIL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 20, 7, 20, 8, 15, 5, 28, 29NJN vs NYK · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 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
Marcus CambyTOR+7.3 22.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+7.1 20.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.0 20.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rik SmitsIND+5.6 21.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−7.7 3.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−4.7 16.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Todd DayBOS−4.7 9.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.7 7.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Terrell BrandonCLE−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season