FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 19, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 12 at halftime and won 98–89.

Final
TOR88
CHH109
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +21
Final
SEA114
HOU80
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +29; Q4 SEA +34
Final
ORL89
LAL92
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +3
Final
LAC109
MIN117
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +8
Final
SAS84
NJN95
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +11
Final
BOS82
NYK98
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +16
Final
SAC85
PHI98
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DET89
UTA98
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +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 19, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ IND), 37 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Karl Malone scores 30, Utah rallies past Detroit

Utah trailed by 12 at the half and won 98–89.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-9-120+9UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2724152389
UTA1821273298
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30UTA30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 17, 16, 5, 16, 22, 9, 21, 12UTA12 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 29, 11, 31, 14, 33, 37, 30, 26DET26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 13, 26, 10, 12, 12, 10, 15, 18DET18 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ LAL

Lakers edge Orlando by three

Orlando won the fourth 22–17, but Lakers held on, 92–89. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 35 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over ORL3MIN over LAC8UTA over DET9NJN over SAS11PHI over SAC13NYK over BOS16CHH over TOR21SEA over HOU34Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 38

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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 42, 15, 19, 25, 26, 21, 10, 14, 11, 38CHH vs TOR · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 26, 25, 38, 32, 32, 34, 24, 35LAL vs ORL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30UTA vs DET · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 0, 2, 2, 9, 7, 13, 22, 28CHH vs TOR · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 29, 11, 31, 14, 33, 37, 30, 26DET @ UTA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 20, 15, 28, 10, 28, 21, 20, 24SAS @ NJN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 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
Samaki WalkerDAL+6.1 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Sam MackVAN+5.6 15.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Sherman DouglasNJN+5.1 15.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Armen GilliamMIL+4.6 14.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+4.2 27.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.1 8.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Elden CampbellLAL−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Howard EisleyUTA−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season