FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 3, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed NJN by 11 after the first quarter and won 93–87.

Final
DAL90
GSW106
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +16
Final
MIA92
IND78
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +14
Final
CHH93
NJN87
Q1 CHH -11; Q2 CHH -6; Q3 CHH +20; Q4 CHH +6
Final
LAC113
ORL94
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -10; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +19
Final
MIL80
SEA103
Q1 SEA +18; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +23
Final
CHI102
WSB110
Q1 WSB +1; Q2 WSB -5; Q3 WSB -3; Q4 WSB +8
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 3, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA vs HOU), 30 points.
The lead · CHH @ NJN

Charlotte rallies from 11 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 11 after one, Charlotte outscored the Nets 78–61 the rest of the way. Final: 93–87. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-11-6+20+6CHH AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH1524361893
NJN2619103287
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 29, 22, 27, 24, 33, 20, 38, 24CHH24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Ricky PiercePoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 0, 12, 16, 6, 0, 19, 16, 19CHH19 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 33, 14, 15, 20, 16, 18, 23, 26NJN26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 13, 28, 30, 15, 12, 29, 13, 18NJN18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 67 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.7Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ ORL

Clippers climb out of a 10-point hole against Orlando

Down 10 at the half, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 33–15 and the game 113–94. Darrick Martin led Clippers with 31 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs ORL
Darrick Martin · LACAnfernee Hardaway · ORLPTS3127REB19AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 34

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 10, 32, 36, 23, 20, 12, 21, 21, 34CHI @ WSB · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 10, 5, 18, 4, 12, 13, 5, 31LAC @ ORL · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 35, 20, 27, 21, 30, 19, 21, 30, 27ORL vs LAC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 13, 21, 22, 8, 16, 21, 18, 26WSB vs CHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 33, 14, 15, 20, 16, 18, 23, 26NJN vs CHH · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 11, 18, 26, 13, 16, 31, 11, 26CHI @ WSB · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.6 26.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+6.2 19.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Rik SmitsIND+6.2 22.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.1 13.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−6.0 4.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Michael JordanCHI−5.3 24.5 last 10 · 29.8 season
Dan MajerleMIA−5.2 6.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.1 20.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Todd DayBOS−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season