FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 4, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHI by 22 after the first quarter and won 101–93.

Final
DAL99
BOS110
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +11
Final
SAC101
DEN99
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
POR115
LAL122
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NYK88
MIN95
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
MIA98
PHI84
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +14
Final
IND97
SEA104
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +7
Final
CHI93
UTA101
Q1 UTA -22; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +8
Final
CLE88
WAS104
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +16
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 · 1996–97Feb 4, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Peeler (VAN @ NJN), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ UTA

Karl Malone drops 30 in 22-point comeback win over Chicago

Chicago led by 22 after one. Final: 101–93. Michael Jordan scored 40 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-22-11+2+8UTA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3521132493
UTA13322630101
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 27, 26, 35, 27, 29, 20, 23, 30UTA30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 6, 18, 7, 14, 17, 8, 22, 17UTA17 PTS · 3 REB · 18 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 45, 33, 32, 32, 20, 29, 14, 31, 15, 40CHI40 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ron HarperPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 10, 6, 15, 17, 7, 2, 15, 14CHI14 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ WAS

Washington gets past Cleveland

104–88, with Washington ahead 53–43 at halftime. Tracy Murray led Washington with 24 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over DEN2LAL over POR7MIN over NYK7SEA over IND7UTA over CHI8BOS over DAL11MIA over PHI14WAS over CLE16Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.2Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.2 in 45 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 41

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 21, 19, 23, 20, 28, 19, 24, 41SEA vs IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 45, 33, 32, 32, 20, 29, 14, 31, 15, 40CHI @ UTA · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 27, 31, 32, 24, 27, 31, 24, 32SAC @ DEN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 15, 3, 1, 5, 2, 7, 20, 32BOS vs DAL · W
6.5 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 27, 26, 35, 27, 29, 20, 23, 30UTA vs CHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 18, 18, 21, 31, 35, 14, 27, 29MIN vs NYK · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 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
Michael FinleyDAL+6.3 27.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK+4.9 20.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.7 14.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Matt MaloneyHOU+4.6 13.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.3 6.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Bison DeleDET−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Toni KukocCHI−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Sam CassellNJN−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Dennis ScottDAL−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season