FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 21, 1998Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 12 at halftime and won 119–109.

Final
CHH79
CHI110
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +31
Final
DET87
DEN67
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +20
Final
PHI87
MIA92
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +5
Final
BOS95
MIN104
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +9
Final · OT
HOU112
NJN117
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +5
Final
IND89
NYK97
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
MIL91
ORL84
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +7
Final
LAL119
PHX109
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL -12; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +10
Final
ATL76
SAS90
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +14
Final
SAC98
TOR99
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +1
Final
GSW85
UTA98
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +13
Final
POR100
WAS87
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +13
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 21, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs NYK), 51 points.
The lead · LAL @ PHX

Lakers climb back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 12 at the half. Lakers won it 119–109. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-10-12+1+10LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL21263339119
PHX31282030109
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 25, 38, 32, 32, 34, 24, 35, 26LAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 16, 17, 15, 6, 14, 21, 16, 25LAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 13, 16, 5, 15, 16, 4, 7, 21PHX21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 14, 4, 17, 5, 23, 15, 16, 17PHX17 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Charlotte by 31, the widest margin of 12 games.

TOR over SAC1MIA over PHI5NJN over HOU5MIL over ORL7NYK over IND8MIN over BOS9LAL over PHX10UTA over GSW13POR over WAS13SAS over ATL14DET over DEN20CHI over CHH31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 36

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: 11, 17, 12, 26, 34, 19, 36, 16, 22, 36TOR vs SAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 26, 44, 32, 40, 20, 27, 45, 33CHI vs CHH · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 49, 14, 21, 17, 22, 16, 15, 30BOS @ MIN · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 19, 32, 12, 14, 28, 2, 24, 29POR @ WAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 15, 26, 18, 21, 34, 16, 18, 28HOU @ NJN · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27UTA vs GSW · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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+6.4 15.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Sam MackVAN+6.0 16.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Joe DumarsDET+5.0 15.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Sherman DouglasNJN+4.5 15.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.2 13.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−5.9 8.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Elden CampbellLAL−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bison DeleDET−3.8 13.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Howard EisleyUTA−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season