FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 19, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHI by 10 at halftime and won 103–101.

Final
PHI104
ATL136
Q1 ATL +18; Q2 ATL +22; Q3 ATL +39; Q4 ATL +32
Final
NYK103
CHI101
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +2
Final
DEN100
DAL95
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +5
Final · OT
SAC122
GSW120
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +2
Final
MIA102
ORL88
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +14
Final
VAN121
PHX107
Q1 VAN +7; Q2 VAN +7; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN +14
Final
LAC100
SEA125
Q1 SEA +20; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +27; Q4 SEA +25
Final
MIN89
UTA101
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +12
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 19, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (WSB @ TOR), 42 points.
The lead · NYK @ CHI

New York turns it around against Chicago

From 10 down at the half to a 2-point win: 103–101. Patrick Ewing led New York with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-10-7+2NYK AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK25232233103
CHI27311924101
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 18, 17, 20, 25, 26, 24, 26, 27NYK27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 11, 14, 15, 19, 14, 18, 12, 25NYK25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 37, 30, 23, 34, 18, 30, 26, 33CHI33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 21, 28, 17, 33, 21, 19, 28, 12CHI12 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.4Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.4 in 75 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DEN @ DAL

Denver handles Dallas by 5

The Nuggets won the fourth quarter 31–23. Final: 100–95. Tom Hammonds led Denver with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over CHI2SAC over GSW2DEN over DAL5UTA over MIN12MIA over ORL14VAN over PHX14SEA over LAC25ATL over PHI32Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over DAL.
Top performances

Bryant Reeves leads the day with 39

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.
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 9, 15, 23, 28, 15, 18, 9, 39VAN @ PHX · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 30, 23, 12, 23, 26, 17, 11, 36PHX vs VAN · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 44, 40, 44, 50, 40, 27, 32, 35PHI @ ATL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 37, 30, 23, 34, 18, 30, 26, 33CHI vs NYK · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
James RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 7, 0, 2, 3, 2, 7, 14, 28MIN @ UTA · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 8, 5, 6, 17, 7, 17, 2, 28SAC @ GSW · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 3 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+13.1 36.6 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tom HammondsDEN+10.8 17.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+8.8 26.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ricky PierceCHH+8.1 19.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marty ConlonBOS+7.4 15.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Latrell SprewellGSW−7.2 17.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−5.5 4.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Vin BakerMIL−5.5 15.4 last 10 · 20.9 season
Cedric CeballosPHX−5.2 9.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−5.1 15.5 last 10 · 20.6 season