FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 13, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed GSW by 4 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final
CHI91
DET108
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +17
Final
PHX105
GSW97
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +8
Final
SEA73
HOU113
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +40
Final
UTA98
LAL100
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +2
Final
NJN123
MIL132
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +30; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +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 13, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Jim Jackson (DAL @ HOU), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ GSW

Phoenix gets past Golden State

105–97, with Phoenix ahead 53–52 at halftime. Kevin Johnson led Phoenix with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1+12+8PHX AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX23302428105
GSW2725133297
Who led
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 13, 30, 24, 30, 23, 12, 23, 26PHX26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 25, 13, 13, 22, 14, 12, 18, 26PHX26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Melvin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 8, 8, 7, 4, 5, 9, 9, 16GSW16 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Andrew DeClercqPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 14, 9, 7, 15, 6, 10, 7, 14GSW14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAL

Lakers win a tight one over Utah

100–98. Neither team led by more than 2 at any break. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 39 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over UTA2PHX over GSW8MIL over NJN9DET over CHI17HOU over SEA40Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 77 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.4Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 41 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kerry Kittles 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.
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 9, 4, 4, 23, 23, 18, 21, 40NJN @ MIL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 33, 22, 31, 21, 24, 12, 24, 39LAL vs UTA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 11, 10, 7, 13, 19, 15, 13, 30UTA @ LAL · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Terry MillsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 8, 8, 10, 3, 11, 24, 8, 29DET vs CHI · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 35, 31, 22, 21, 21, 20, 27DET vs CHI · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 13, 30, 24, 30, 23, 12, 23, 26PHX @ GSW · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 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+5.7 12.7 last 10 · 7.0 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−7.2 11.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−6.7 7.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.5 4.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.7 18.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
George McCloudLAL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season