FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 8, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by UTA (vs MIL) and NJN (vs ORL).

Final
SEA109
CLE84
Q1 SEA +17; Q2 SEA +26; Q3 SEA +34; Q4 SEA +25
Final
SAC103
DAL92
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +11
Final
IND87
HOU80
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +7
Final
ORL87
NJN89
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +2
Final
MIL109
UTA116
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +7
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 8, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIL), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ NJN

New Jersey takes over late to edge Orlando

Down 3 after three, New Jersey won the fourth 21–16. Final: 89–87. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+2-3+2NJN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2424231687
NJN2624182189
Who led
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 16, 19, 7, 10, 14, 15, 12, 27NJN27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 26, 32, 17, 29, 15, 12, 19NJN19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 16, 25, 9, 9, 28, 12, 7, 25ORL25 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 2 games: 18, 15ORL15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIL @ UTA

Utah extends win streak to 5

116–109 over Milwaukee. Record: 22–11. Karl Malone led Utah with 39 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
W@ ORL85–73L@ CLE101–106W@ ATL101–99Wvs HOU107–103Lvs POR91–102W@ VAN89–88W@ DEN132–99Wvs ATL97–82Wvs PHI98–95Wvs MIL116–109UTA: last 10 games through Jan 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 27, 20, 24, 26, 18, 20, 21, 39UTA vs MIL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 25, 26, 18, 33, 7, 20, 12, 32HOU vs IND · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 17, 11, 18, 24, 17, 16, 15, 29MIL @ UTA · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 16, 19, 7, 10, 14, 15, 12, 27NJN vs ORL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Olden PolynicePoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 8, 11, 11, 8, 15, 18, 6, 26SAC @ DAL · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 16, 25, 9, 9, 28, 12, 7, 25ORL @ NJN · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 27.6 last 10 · 22.6 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
Corliss WilliamsonSAC+4.2 20.5 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.2 9.2 last 10 · 15.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.8 11.3 last 10 · 16.1 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