FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 7, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NJN by 13 at halftime and won 89–88.

Final
ATL106
GSW86
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +20
Final
VAN102
LAC110
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +8
Final
MIL102
LAL114
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +12
Final
CHI72
MIA99
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +27
Final
PHX92
MIN77
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +15
Final · OT
NJN88
NYK89
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK -13; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +1
Final
CHH91
POR89
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH -9; Q3 CHH -1; Q4 CHH +2
Final
DEN89
SAS96
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +7
Final
ORL83
TOR81
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +2
Final
BOS108
WAS110
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +2
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 · 1996–97Jan 7, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Clyde Drexler (HOU @ MIN), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ NYK

New York needs overtime to survive New Jersey

Tied 82–82 after regulation. New York won the final period 7–6 for an 89–88 win. Larry Johnson led New York with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-13-100+1NYK AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN2431189688
NYK28142119789
Who led
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 10, 18, 19, 26, 21, 10, 22, 24NYK24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 19, 21, 16, 18, 15, 11, 16NYK16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 28, 31, 25, 19, 18, 15, 34NJN34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 16, 14, 26, 32, 17, 29, 15, 12NJN12 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−30.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.4Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Heat rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Chicago by 27.

NYK over NJN1CHH over POR2ORL over TOR2WAS over BOS2SAS over DEN7LAC over VAN8LAL over MIL12PHX over MIN15ATL over GSW20MIA over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 49

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 10, 21, 28, 28, 27, 32, 18, 49BOS @ WAS · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high49 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 24, 14, 17, 26, 22, 26, 25, 38LAL vs MIL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 25, 23, 18, 10, 18, 21, 20, 35ATL @ GSW · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 28, 31, 25, 19, 18, 15, 34NJN @ NYK · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 17, 26, 22, 22, 21, 22, 26, 30WAS vs BOS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 23, 31, 24, 23, 30, 21, 21, 30VAN @ LAC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
Derek AndersonCLE+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 27.7 last 10 · 22.7 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.4 22.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Sam MackVAN+4.2 14.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.2 9.2 last 10 · 15.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE−5.1 11.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.4 11.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season