FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 1, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CLE by 7 at halftime and won 94–88.

Final
BOS106
CHI111
Q1 CHI +20; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +5
Final
NYK94
CLE88
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DET100
DAL82
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +18
Final
HOU116
DEN99
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final
WSB104
IND100
Q1 WSB +10; Q2 WSB +3; Q3 WSB +9; Q4 WSB +4
Final
LAC87
MIA97
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +10
Final
PHI105
ORL93
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +12
Final
GSW91
POR82
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +9
Final
LAL99
SEA97
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +2
Final
MIL102
VAN91
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +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
The lead · NYK @ CLE

New York handles Cleveland by 6

The Knicks won the fourth quarter 27–19. Final: 94–88. Patrick Ewing led New York with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7-2+6NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2517252794
CLE2425201988
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 22, 30, 25, 35, 27, 18, 33, 21NYK21 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 13, 14, 9, 13, 4, 24, 13, 20NYK20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 11, 19, 11, 12, 14, 9, 19, 31CLE31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 4, 19, 9, 0, 16, 9, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.7Season avg24.9Last 3

24.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg42.5Today

43 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · PHI @ ORL

Philadelphia upsets Orlando

Philadelphia (20–50) beat Orlando (40–31) 105–93. Mark Davis led Philadelphia with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over SEA2WSB over IND4CHI over BOS5NYK over CLE6GSW over POR9MIA over LAC10MIL over VAN11PHI over ORL12HOU over DEN17DET over DAL18Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over ORL.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 35

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 19, 17, 22, 16, 18, 21, 22, 35DET @ DAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 10, 10, 15, 7, 19, 15, 15, 24, 31BOS @ CHI · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 11, 19, 11, 12, 14, 9, 19, 31CLE vs NYK · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 30, 22, 20, 13, 23, 18, 14, 30LAL @ SEA · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 35, 20, 27, 21, 30, 19, 21, 30ORL vs PHI · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 27, 18, 18, 24, 16, 39, 28, 28IND vs WSB · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+7.2 22.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+7.1 20.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Rik SmitsIND+7.1 23.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.1 25.7 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−7.5 3.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Michael JordanCHI−6.4 23.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−6.4 18.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
Todd DayBOS−4.7 8.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dan MajerleMIA−4.5 7.8 last 10 · 12.3 season