FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 4, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BOS by 12 after the first quarter and won 117–102.

Final
DET89
ATL103
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +14
Final
LAC117
BOS102
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +15
Final
CLE71
CHI84
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +13
Final
PHX122
DEN113
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +9
Final
SAS94
LAL83
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +11
Final
WSB95
MIN97
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +2
Final
ORL93
NYK84
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +9
Final
IND114
PHI103
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +11
Final
MIL93
POR108
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +15
Final
HOU108
SAC94
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +14
Final
VAN79
UTA106
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +26; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +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 · 1995–96Apr 4, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs MIA), 40 points.
The lead · LAC @ BOS

Clippers climb back to beat Boston

Boston led by 12 after one. Clippers won it 117–102. Lamond Murray led Clippers with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists. Antoine Walker scored 36 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+20+15LAC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC18363033117
BOS30223218102
Who led
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 8, 3, 6, 8, 8, 6, 2, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Terry DeherePoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 7, 3, 7, 7, 7, 12, 5, 17LAC17 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 22, 19, 22, 13, 37, 27, 25, 36BOS36 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Marty ConlonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 8, 10, 6, 7, 4, 14, 18, 19BOS19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.8Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.8 in 74 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 27.

MIN over WSB2PHX over DEN9ORL over NYK9SAS over LAL11IND over PHI11CHI over CLE13ATL over DET14HOU over SAC14LAC over BOS15POR over MIL15UTA over VAN27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 36

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 22, 19, 22, 13, 37, 27, 25, 36BOS vs LAC · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 18, 18, 15, 17, 11, 24, 23, 30ATL vs DET · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 12, 31, 9, 4, 13, 26, 19, 28SAS @ LAL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 15, 28, 23, 22, 2, 8, 21, 27POR vs MIL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 7, 9, 5, 4, 5, 7, 13, 27IND @ PHI · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 29, 24, 17, 21, 19, 27, 21, 26DEN vs PHX · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 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
Antoine WalkerBOS+8.4 25.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.6 26.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+6.1 14.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.0 20.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Marcus CambyTOR+5.8 20.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Michael JordanCHI−6.6 23.1 last 10 · 29.7 season
George McCloudLAL−5.9 4.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Dan MajerleMIA−5.2 6.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.1 20.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season