FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 12, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 2 points, by IND (vs TOR) and LAC (vs DEN).

Final
WSB97
CHH99
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH -1; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +2
Final
PHI118
CLE125
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +7
Final
VAN96
DAL85
Q1 VAN +2; Q2 VAN +11; Q3 VAN +13; Q4 VAN +11
Final
DEN94
LAC116
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +22
Final
NYK100
MIA99
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +1
Final
ATL80
MIN66
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +14
Final
BOS98
ORL121
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +20; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +23
Final
SEA96
SAS91
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +5
Final
IND100
TOR89
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +11
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 12, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Acie Earl (TOR @ BOS), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ TOR

Indiana handles Toronto by 11

The Pacers won the second quarter 31–23. Final: 100–89. Rik Smits led Indiana with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+6+12+11IND AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND23312521100
TOR2523192289
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 40, 20, 16, 17, 27, 13, 16, 23IND23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 39, 28, 28, 8, 14, 16, 13, 13, 20IND20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 18, 14, 35, 23, 25, 29, 6, 22TOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Carlos RogersPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 13, 8, 0, 24, 5, 9, 8, 17TOR17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.6Season avg42.0Last 5

42.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 71 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 71 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DEN @ LAC

Clippers roll past Denver, 116–94

The Nuggets were held to 17 points in the third quarter. Rodney Rogers led Clippers with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIA1CHH over WSB2SEA over SAS5CLE over PHI7VAN over DAL11IND over TOR11ATL over MIN14LAC over DEN22ORL over BOS23Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over DEN.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 50

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: 18, 18, 15, 22, 22, 32, 44, 40, 44, 50PHI @ CLE · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 16, 21, 3, 26, 22, 19, 20, 30VAN @ DAL · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 13, 26, 8, 20, 19, 26, 30, 28MIA vs NYK · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 15, 7, 9, 13, 16, 10, 30, 26LAC vs DEN · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 17, 15, 15, 17, 31, 21, 19, 25WSB @ CHH · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 37, 27, 25, 36, 22, 30, 15, 25BOS @ ORL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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+7.9 25.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Allen IversonPHI+7.5 30.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Tom HammondsDEN+5.8 11.5 last 10 · 5.7 season
Tony MassenburgNJN+5.6 12.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosPHX−6.7 7.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.5 4.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shawn KempSEA−5.9 12.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.7 18.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
George McCloudLAL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season