FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 30, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 15 at halftime and won 89–83.

Final
CHH97
BOS95
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +2
Final
WAS102
DET95
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +7
Final
CHI87
GSW80
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +7
Final
CLE83
IND89
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -15; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +6
Final
SAS97
LAC87
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -11; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIN114
LAL121
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +7
Final
PHX74
MIA71
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +3
Final
TOR97
SAC123
Q1 SAC +20; Q2 SAC +23; Q3 SAC +30; Q4 SAC +26
Final
DAL94
UTA104
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +10
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 30, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs DEN), 48 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Indiana overcomes 15-point deficit, beats Cleveland 89–83

The Pacers trailed by 15 at the half and finished 55–34. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-2-15-6+6IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2128191583
IND1915282789
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 9, 20, 21, 22, 32, 20, 15, 24IND24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Derrick McKeyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 14, 4, 9, 0, 2, 4, 2, 12IND12 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 10, 6, 14, 14, 16, 23, 4, 25CLE25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 19, 17, 31, 29, 12, 10, 22, 17CLE17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.0Season avg22.8Last 3

22.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Toronto by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

CHH over BOS2PHX over MIA3IND over CLE6WAS over DET7CHI over GSW7LAL over MIN7SAS over LAC10UTA over DAL10SAC over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Antoine Walker 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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 16, 15, 30, 19, 22, 16, 18, 38BOS vs CHH · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 20, 20, 20, 18, 18, 21, 31, 35MIN @ LAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 10, 15, 5, 2, 8, 0, 6, 30LAL vs MIN · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26, 35, 27, 29UTA vs DAL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 30, 26, 10, 35, 20, 19, 29, 28DET vs WAS · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 30, 13, 12, 17, 16, 34, 31, 28SAS @ LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 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+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Grant HillDET+5.2 26.7 last 10 · 21.5 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+4.3 15.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.3 6.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Toni KukocCHI−4.6 8.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Chris GatlingNJN−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Lindsey HunterDET−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season