FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 25, 1998Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
UTA101
CHI94
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +7
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 25, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs UTA), 41 points.
The lead · UTA @ CHI

Karl Malone scores 35 as Utah wins in Chicago

Final: 101–94. Karl Malone made 12 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+40+4+7UTA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA26232824101
CHI2227242194
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26, 35UTA35 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 7, 2, 4, 4, 6, 4, 7, 14UTA14 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 44, 32, 40, 20, 27, 45, 33, 32, 32CHI32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 8 games: 12, 11, 22, 21, 23, 14, 19, 16CHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 35

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: 21, 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26, 35UTA @ CHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 44, 32, 40, 20, 27, 45, 33, 32, 32CHI vs UTA · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 8 games: 12, 11, 22, 21, 23, 14, 19, 16CHI vs UTA · L
17.2 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 7, 2, 4, 4, 6, 4, 7, 14UTA @ CHI · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
14 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luc LongleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 6, 8, 9, 15, 10, 8, 2, 12CHI vs UTA · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
12 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 12, 10, 6, 5, 4, 9, 16, 12CHI vs UTA · L
13.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
12 PTS · 1 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 15.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cedric HendersonCLE+4.6 14.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Theo RatliffPHI+4.4 12.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.3 23.9 last 10 · 19.6 season
Joe DumarsDET+3.7 14.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.9 7.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.7 9.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.8 10.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Sean ElliottSAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season