FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 16, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ATL by 7 after the first quarter and won 96–92.

Final
CHH108
BOS102
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +6
Final
ORL63
CLE78
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIL85
DET92
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +7
Final
CHI92
MIA102
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +10
Final
DAL92
MIN77
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +15
Final
PHI113
NJN105
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +8
Final
ATL92
NYK96
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DEN63
POR107
Q1 POR +19; Q2 POR +31; Q3 POR +42; Q4 POR +44
Final
IND90
WSB103
Q1 WSB +4; Q2 WSB +6; Q3 WSB +16; Q4 WSB +13
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 16, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (WSB @ ORL), 28 points.
The lead · ATL @ NYK

New York takes care of Atlanta

A 4-point win, 96–92. Patrick Ewing led New York with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-7-20+4NYK AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2921202292
NYK2226222696
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 21, 20, 18, 17, 20, 25, 26, 24NYK24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 20, 4, 11, 14, 15, 19, 14, 18NYK18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 25, 21, 26, 16, 23, 25, 16, 33ATL33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 16, 11, 17, 6, 20, 6, 11, 17ATL17 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 73 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Denver by 44, the widest margin of 9 games.

NYK over ATL4CHH over BOS6DET over MIL7PHI over NJN8MIA over CHI10WSB over IND13CLE over ORL15DAL over MIN15POR over DEN44Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Rod Strickland 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.
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 26, 21, 15, 7, 16, 16, 20, 34WSB vs IND · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 26, 39, 17, 27, 26, 20, 24, 34PHI @ NJN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 25, 21, 26, 16, 23, 25, 16, 33ATL @ NYK · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 15, 21, 28, 17, 33, 21, 19, 28CHI @ MIA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 22, 32, 44, 40, 44, 50, 40, 27PHI @ NJN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 4, 23, 23, 18, 21, 40, 26, 26NJN vs PHI · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Allen IversonPHI+10.4 33.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Tom HammondsDEN+8.3 14.3 last 10 · 6.0 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+7.9 25.3 last 10 · 17.4 season
Ricky PierceCHH+7.9 18.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jerry StackhousePHI+6.4 27.1 last 10 · 20.7 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.8 11.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dan MajerleMIA−6.6 4.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−5.7 18.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.2 9.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Vin BakerMIL−4.6 16.3 last 10 · 20.9 season