FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 17, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DAL by 17 after three quarters and won 113–110.

Final · OT
MIN113
DAL110
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN -17; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final
MIA99
LAL108
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +9
Final
ATL81
NJN97
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +16
Final
GSW84
PHI112
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +28
Final
CLE91
SEA99
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +8
Final
NYK93
TOR82
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +11
Final
ORL93
UTA107
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +14
Final
LAC99
WAS108
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +9
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 17, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Vin Baker (MIL @ CHI), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Minnesota rallies from twelve down at the half, wins in overtime

Dallas led 54–42 at the break. It was 99–99 after regulation, and Minnesota won the extra time 14–11. Final: 113–110. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-12-170+3MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN2418223514113
DAL2925271811110
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 11, 18, 13, 14, 14, 21, 17, 22MIN22 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 23, 10, 21, 11, 24, 14, 33, 22MIN22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 19, 21, 20, 16, 13, 16, 25, 29DAL29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 15, 20, 14, 20, 14, 26, 6, 23DAL23 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Philadelphia by 28.

MIN over DAL3SEA over CLE8LAL over MIA9WAS over LAC9NYK over TOR11UTA over ORL14NJN over ATL16PHI over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 32

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: 24, 26, 18, 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32UTA vs ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 22, 26, 30, 20, 25, 27, 24, 31WAS vs LAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 19, 21, 20, 16, 13, 16, 25, 29DAL vs MIN · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 22, 18, 25, 18, 7, 22, 20, 28SEA vs CLE · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 21, 29, 8, 31, 27, 17, 31, 28PHI vs GSW · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 7, 16, 13, 14, 16, 13, 8, 28MIA @ LAL · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 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
Samaki WalkerDAL+6.1 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Sherman DouglasNJN+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Sam MackVAN+5.6 15.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chuck PersonSAS+5.1 11.3 last 10 · 6.2 season
Armen GilliamMIL+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.5 8.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Howard EisleyUTA−3.6 4.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Malik SealyDET−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dell CurryCHH−3.3 7.2 last 10 · 10.5 season