FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 9, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 10 at halftime and won 100–93.

Final
ORL88
PHI78
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +10
Final
LAC105
PHX134
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +32; Q4 PHX +29
Final
GSW93
SAC88
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +5
Final
HOU93
UTA100
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -10; 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 · 1996–97Mar 9, 1997: 11 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIN), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Utah rallies from 10 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 10 at the half, Utah outscored the Rockets 53–36 the rest of the way. Final: 100–93. Karl Malone led Utah with 29 points, 21 rebounds and 6 assists. Eddie Johnson scored 37 for Houston 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 rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-10-4+7UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2532211593
UTA19282726100
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32, 32, 40, 29UTA29 PTS · 21 REB · 6 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 14, 13, 9, 12, 13, 23, 8, 15UTA15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 10, 17, 13, 4, 16, 13, 2, 37HOU37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 16, 17, 13, 25, 24, 9, 21, 15HOU15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · GSW @ SAC

Golden State controls Sacramento start to finish

Golden State won 93–88, leading by as many as 18 at a break. Erick Dampier led Golden State with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAC5UTA over HOU7ORL over PHI10PHX over LAC29Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 37 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Eddie Johnson leads the day with 37

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.
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 10, 17, 13, 4, 16, 13, 2, 37HOU @ UTA · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +28.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32, 32, 40, 29UTA vs HOU · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 21 REB · 6 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 9, 16, 30, 29, 12, 40, 23, 27SAC vs GSW · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 16, 19, 27, 22, 5, 9, 29, 23LAC @ PHX · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 28, 28, 37, 30, 13, 31, 25, 22ORL @ PHI · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 14, 19, 23, 34, 21, 17, 32, 22SAC vs GSW · L
23.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Nick AndersonORL+13.3 25.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.0 22.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+6.7 17.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.1 26.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Matt GeigerCHH+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−6.9 6.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Joe SmithPHI−5.6 10.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−5.3 3.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season