FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 9, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed IND by 2 after the first quarter and won 86–80.

Final
BOS111
CHH136
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH +25; Q4 CHH +25
Final
CHI86
IND80
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +6
Final
ATL116
PHI101
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +27; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +15
Final
LAL89
UTA101
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +12
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 9, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: George McCloud (DAL @ SAC), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ IND

Chicago keeps rolling, beats Indiana

That is four in a row. Final: 86–80. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-2+2+1+6CHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1927192186
IND2123201680
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 21, 21, 34, 22, 37, 30, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 16, 31, 11, 26, 15, 21, 28, 17CHI17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 10, 21, 14, 12, 7, 3, 17, 15IND15 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 18, 27, 40, 20, 16, 17, 27, 13IND13 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ UTA

Utah leads Lakers wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 101–89. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–28. Karl Malone led Utah with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over IND6UTA over LAL12ATL over PHI15CHH over BOS25Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.4Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 3.4 in 62 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 63 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 18, 18, 15, 22, 22, 32, 44, 40PHI vs ATL · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 22, 13, 37, 27, 25, 36, 22, 30BOS @ CHH · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 35, 31, 33, 23, 16, 30, 26, 29UTA vs LAL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 24, 33, 20, 38, 24, 41, 42, 29CHH vs BOS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 25, 22, 22, 36, 26, 39, 17, 27PHI vs ATL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 0, 7, 9, 2, 15, 17, 26, 26BOS @ CHH · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 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
Antoine WalkerBOS+8.1 25.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.1 26.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jerry StackhousePHI+6.1 26.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Rik SmitsIND+5.8 22.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Latrell SprewellGSW−6.7 17.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.5 4.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.6 8.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Shawn KempSEA−5.5 13.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Michael JordanCHI−5.4 24.3 last 10 · 29.7 season