FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 10, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NYK by 8 after three quarters and won 105–103.

Final
SEA90
DAL82
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA +8
Final · OT
DEN107
GSW109
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final
VAN94
HOU102
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final
MIN108
LAC96
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +12
Final
DET83
MIA93
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +10
Final
MIL88
NJN93
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +5
Final
CHI105
NYK103
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI -8; Q4 CHI +2
Final
PHX101
SAC99
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
Final
POR98
SAS81
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +17
Final
ORL105
TOR69
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +29; Q3 ORL +29; Q4 ORL +36
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 10, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (ORL vs CLE), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ NYK

Michael Jordan scores 34, Chicago rallies past New York

Chicago trailed by 8 after three and won 105–103.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+1-8+2CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI30172434105
NYK28183324103
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 21, 34, 22, 37, 30, 23, 34CHI34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 31, 11, 26, 15, 21, 28, 17, 33CHI33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 27, 18, 33, 21, 20, 18, 17, 20NYK20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 16, 10, 9, 8, 25, 17, 12, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 74 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Magic rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Toronto by 36.

GSW over DEN2CHI over NYK2PHX over SAC2NJN over MIL5SEA over DAL8HOU over VAN8MIA over DET10MIN over LAC12POR over SAS17ORL over TOR36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 35

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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 19, 27, 21, 26, 11, 17, 35DEN @ GSW · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 21, 34, 22, 37, 30, 23, 34CHI @ NYK · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 31, 11, 26, 15, 21, 28, 17, 33CHI @ NYK · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 4, 15, 7, 9, 13, 16, 10, 30LAC vs MIN · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 13, 13, 26, 8, 20, 19, 26, 30MIA vs DET · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 8, 15, 14, 21, 16, 17, 27, 29MIN @ LAC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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
Jerry StackhousePHI+6.1 26.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rik SmitsIND+5.8 22.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marcus CambyTOR+5.2 20.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosPHX−7.1 7.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−6.7 17.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.5 4.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shawn KempSEA−6.3 12.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
George McCloudLAL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season