FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NJN by 19 after three quarters and won 109–101.

Final
NJN101
ATL109
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -19; Q4 ATL +8
Final
LAC119
HOU123
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +4
Final
TOR85
MIL92
Q1 MIL -11; Q2 MIL -9; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +7
Final
UTA127
PHX122
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +5
Final
SAS88
SEA108
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +20; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +20
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 15, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA @ HOU), 31 points.
The lead · NJN @ ATL

Atlanta storms back from 19 down to beat New Jersey

The Hawks trailed by 19 after three and won 109–101. Henry James led Atlanta with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-8-19+8ATL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN29282321101
ATL23261248109
Who led
Henry JamesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 6, 13, 0, 0, 24ATL24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 16, 9, 21, 32, 19, 23, 9, 17ATL17 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 23, 26, 18, 21, 23, 15, 26, 27NJN27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 4, 4, 23, 23, 18, 21, 40, 26NJN26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · TOR @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 11 after one. Milwaukee won it 92–85. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs TOR
Glenn Robinson · MILReggie Slater · TORPTS1919REB55AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 78 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg24.7Today

25 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Rodney Rogers leads the day with 34

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.
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 9, 13, 16, 10, 30, 26, 9, 34LAC @ HOU · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 23, 16, 30, 26, 29, 28, 26, 31UTA @ PHX · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 12, 12, 13, 15, 11, 7, 13, 28PHX vs UTA · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 11, 13, 18, 19, 6, 14, 7, 27UTA @ PHX · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 23, 26, 18, 21, 23, 15, 26, 27NJN @ ATL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 4, 4, 23, 23, 18, 21, 40, 26NJN @ ATL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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
Allen IversonPHI+9.5 32.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+7.9 25.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tom HammondsDEN+7.4 13.3 last 10 · 5.9 season
Ricky PierceCHH+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Monty WilliamsSAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.8 11.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.5 4.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.7 18.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.2 9.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
George McCloudLAL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season