FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 6, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 14 at halftime and won 87–80.

Final
WSB120
BOS114
Q1 WSB +9; Q2 WSB +7; Q3 WSB +6; Q4 WSB +6
Final
UTA114
GSW100
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +14
Final
DAL80
LAL87
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +7
Final
IND94
MIN83
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +11
Final
LAC103
NJN96
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +7
Final
CHI110
ORL94
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +16
Final
SEA101
SAC113
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +12
Final
HOU94
VAN85
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +9
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 6, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND vs MIA), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Lakers fight back from 14 down against Dallas

Final: 87–80, after trailing by 14 at the half. Derek Fisher led Lakers with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-13-14+11+7LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL302122780
LAL1720272387
Who led
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 5, 5, 4, 3, 1, 4, 0, 21LAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 25, 17, 6, 16, 20, 27, 12, 17LAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Derek HarperPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 2, 19, 18, 12, 9, 19, 5, 18DAL18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Sasha DanilovicPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 2, 19, 13, 20, 0, 17, 18, 15DAL15 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 75 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 2 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
33.21995–96 avg14.0Last 2

14.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.2 in 1995–96 (65 games). Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · LAC @ NJN

New Jersey's skid reaches four

Clippers won 103–96; the Nets fall to 23–51. Loy Vaught led Clippers with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · NJN
Lvs HOU89–97L@ PHI110–112W@ BOS100–91Lvs LAL84–109Wvs PHI123–105Wvs NYK92–86L@ CHI101–111L@ MIN89–94Lvs CHH87–93Lvs LAC96–103NJN: last 10 games through Apr 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 37

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: 32, 36, 23, 20, 12, 21, 21, 34, 22, 37CHI @ ORL · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 19, 15, 15, 24, 31, 7, 16, 34BOS vs WSB · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 26, 24, 17, 15, 15, 17, 31WSB @ BOS · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 11, 20, 22, 20, 18, 14, 21, 31WSB @ BOS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 32, 20, 35, 31, 33, 23, 16, 30UTA @ GSW · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 22, 19, 26, 17, 2, 6, 20, 28HOU @ VAN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 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+7.6 24.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+7.6 27.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Rik SmitsIND+5.8 22.7 last 10 · 16.9 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.7 14.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Dean GarrettMIN+5.5 13.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Dan MajerleMIA−6.1 5.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
George McCloudLAL−5.7 4.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.6 8.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Shawn KempSEA−5.5 13.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.2 19.6 last 10 · 24.8 season