FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed POR by 15 after the first quarter and won 100–87.

Final · OT
PHI99
ATL109
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -14; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +10
Final
TOR84
DEN80
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +4
Final
ORL95
HOU88
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +7
Final · OT
MIL115
NYK112
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
CHI100
POR87
Q1 CHI -15; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +13
Final
GSW97
SEA109
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +12
Final
MIN112
VAN106
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +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 29, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ CHH), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ POR

Chicago storms back from 15 down to beat Portland

The Bulls trailed by 15 after one and won 100–87. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-2+6+13CHI AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI20312623100
POR3518181687
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 20, 27, 45, 33, 32, 32, 20, 29CHI29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 22, 21, 23, 14, 19, 16, 29, 18CHI18 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 28, 2, 24, 29, 18, 28, 14, 29POR29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 14, 14, 17, 22, 12, 18, 20, 28POR28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

MIL over NYK3TOR over DEN4MIN over VAN6ORL over HOU7ATL over PHI10SEA over GSW12CHI over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 39

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 33, 31, 20, 24, 26, 14, 39MIL @ NYK · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 17, 11, 13, 21, 8, 26, 7, 33ATL vs PHI · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 34, 12, 10, 17, 16, 8, 3, 32NYK vs MIL · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 12, 20, 20, 20, 18, 18, 21, 31MIN @ VAN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 20, 28, 23, 20, 20, 12, 10, 30SEA vs GSW · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 28, 2, 24, 29, 18, 28, 14, 29POR vs CHI · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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
Damon StoudamireTOR+5.5 25.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+4.4 18.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Chauncey BillupsBOS+4.2 15.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.4 6.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Lindsey HunterDET−4.6 9.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Chris GatlingNJN−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.4 9.6 last 10 · 14.0 season