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Thursday, March 12, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed CHI by 11 after three quarters and won 104–97.

Final · OT
CHI97
DAL104
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -11; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final
VAN93
DEN98
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +5
Final
NJN104
HOU115
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +11
Final
LAL108
LAC85
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +23
Final
CLE74
MIA97
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +23
Final
MIN92
POR95
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +3
Final
SAC86
SAS97
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +11
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 12, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ LAL), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ DAL

Michael Finley scores 32, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Final: 104–97.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-8-110+7DAL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI30182320697
DAL2416203113104
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 31, 27, 21, 17, 17, 24, 25, 32DAL32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 9, 21, 21, 22, 17, 17, 24, 25DAL25 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 19, 17, 33, 28, 30, 42, 37, 26CHI26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 17, 8, 11, 14, 11, 8, 16, 22CHI22 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Lakers by 23.

POR over MIN3DEN over VAN5DAL over CHI7HOU over NJN11SAS over SAC11LAL over LAC23MIA over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Clyde Drexler leads the day with 33

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.
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 13, 25, 24, 9, 21, 15, 24, 33HOU vs NJN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 25, 19, 14, 19, 29, 20, 19, 32NJN @ HOU · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 31, 27, 21, 17, 17, 24, 25, 32DAL vs CHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 35, 19, 28, 29, 23, 32, 33, 32LAL @ LAC · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 10, 17, 22, 18, 23, 11, 19, 29SAS vs SAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 23, 21, 7, 23, 12, 23, 17, 28POR vs MIN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 20 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
Nick AndersonORL+12.7 25.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Derek FisherLAL+8.4 14.1 last 10 · 5.7 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.5 22.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Matt GeigerCHH+7.3 18.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.1 17.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−8.0 4.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL−6.5 9.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−5.5 3.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.3 3.2 last 10 · 8.5 season