FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 10, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DAL by 15 at halftime and won 84–79.

Final
GSW82
CHI87
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
TOR102
CLE93
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +9
Final
IND84
DAL79
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -15; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +5
Final
UTA111
HOU84
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +27
Final · OT
POR90
MIL95
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final
MIN108
NJN101
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +7
Final
BOS82
ORL90
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +8
Final
SAC67
SAS109
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +42
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 10, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL vs CHI), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ DAL

Indiana erases 15-point lead, steals one from Dallas

Dallas led 45–30 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 54–34 to take it 84–79. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-4-15-5+5IND AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1614292584
DAL2025191579
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 11, 19, 23, 16, 13, 15, 14, 24IND24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 20, 8, 20, 22, 24, 11, 2, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 12, 18, 11, 10, 10, 7, 15, 17DAL17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 8, 5, 6, 15, 20, 14, 20, 14DAL14 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.5points, today vs 1996–97 avg
Points per game
4.51996–97 avg21Today

21 points today in 23 minutes, against 4.5 a game in 1996–97 (22 games).

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: San Antonio by 42.

CHI over GSW5IND over DAL5MIL over POR5MIN over NJN7ORL over BOS8TOR over CLE9UTA over HOU27SAS over SAC42Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire 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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 30, 36, 19, 11, 17, 12, 26, 34TOR @ CLE · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 47, 41, 33, 44, 34, 19, 26, 44, 32CHI vs GSW · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 12, 11, 16, 7, 12, 10, 14, 31POR @ MIL · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 13, 22, 8, 22, 20, 20, 15, 28SAS vs SAC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 20, 24, 26, 18, 20, 21, 39, 24UTA @ HOU · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 34, 16, 7, 22, 27, 12, 22, 15, 24SAS vs SAC · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Michael JordanCHI+5.6 34.4 last 10 · 28.8 season
Lorenzen WrightLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+4.4 26.9 last 10 · 22.5 season
Sam MackVAN+4.3 14.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Derek AndersonCLE+4.1 16.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−7.1 7.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jamal MashburnMIA−3.4 11.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Isaiah RiderPOR−3.3 16.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season