FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 2, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 5 after the first quarter and won 110–85.

Final
CLE96
BOS87
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +9
Final
ATL84
CHH95
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +12; Q4 CHH +11
Final
DEN85
LAL110
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +25
Final
NJN89
MIN94
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
TOR112
PHI90
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +22
Final
HOU96
PHX109
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +13
Final
DET99
SAS92
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +7
Final
SAC87
UTA118
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +39; Q3 UTA +36; Q4 UTA +31
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 · 1995–96Apr 2, 1996: 12 games. Top scorer: Sam Mack (HOU @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAL

Lakers rout Denver by 25

Lakers led by 5 at halftime and won 110–85. Eddie Jones led Lakers with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+5+21+25LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2616182585
LAL21263429110
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 27, 13, 25, 17, 6, 16, 20, 27LAL27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 8, 30, 22, 20, 13, 23, 18, 14, 30, 18LAL18 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 8, 29, 24, 17, 21, 19, 27, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 20, 20, 22, 32, 24, 24, 25, 17DEN17 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.5Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 2.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Sacramento by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIN over NJN5DET over SAS7CLE over BOS9CHH over ATL11PHX over HOU13TOR over PHI22LAL over DEN25UTA over SAC31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Glen Rice 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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 27, 29, 22, 27, 24, 33, 20, 38CHH vs ATL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 15, 14, 31, 20, 25, 22, 22, 36PHI vs TOR · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 14, 26, 39, 39, 23, 45, 12, 33HOU @ PHX · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 17, 22, 16, 18, 21, 22, 35, 31DET @ SAS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 37, 24, 21, 28, 31, 38, 13, 30PHX vs HOU · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 18, 10, 4, 9, 12, 17, 16, 29TOR @ PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 7 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
Rik SmitsIND+7.1 23.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.6 26.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+6.2 19.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.1 13.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Michael JordanCHI−6.4 23.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−6.4 18.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
George McCloudLAL−6.0 4.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Todd DayBOS−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Dan MajerleMIA−4.5 7.8 last 10 · 12.3 season