FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 23, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed UTA by 10 at halftime and won 106–102.

Final
BOS89
ATL85
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +4
Final
VAN88
GSW80
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN -4; Q3 VAN +3; Q4 VAN +8
Final
UTA102
IND106
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +4
Final
ORL90
MIA102
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final · OT
CHI100
NJN98
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
POR87
PHI98
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +11
Final
DEN77
PHX93
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +16
Final
DAL75
SAS81
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +6
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 23, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Tom Gugliotta (MIN @ VAN), 33 points.
The lead · UTA @ IND

Indiana rallies from 10 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 10 at the half, Indiana outscored the Jazz 60–46 the rest of the way. Final: 106–102. Rik Smits led Indiana with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-7-10+1+4IND AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA29272422102
IND22243525106
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 11, 2, 16, 16, 20, 25, 8, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 15, 14, 24, 25, 9, 20, 21, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26UTA26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 5, 16, 22, 9, 21, 12, 6, 18UTA18 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 16.

CHI over NJN2BOS over ATL4IND over UTA4SAS over DAL6VAN over GSW8PHI over POR11MIA over ORL12PHX over DEN16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 44, 32, 40, 20, 27, 45, 33, 32CHI @ NJN · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 12, 6, 14, 14, 14, 6, 10, 30POR @ PHI · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 12, 20, 15, 12, 15, 16, 24, 27MIA vs ORL · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26UTA @ IND · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 30, 22, 26, 23, 16, 20, 24, 26VAN @ GSW · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 9, 13, 18, 13, 6, 25, 9, 25MIA vs ORL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 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+6.7 15.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Joe DumarsDET+4.9 16.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cedric HendersonCLE+4.8 15.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Sam MackVAN+4.5 15.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Grant HillDET+4.3 25.6 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.7 9.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Khalid ReevesDAL−3.9 5.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Bison DeleDET−3.8 13.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Howard EisleyUTA−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season