FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 22, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 10 after the first quarter and won 96–93.

Final
PHI90
BOS108
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +18
Final
ATL98
DET105
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +7
Final
POR80
MIA112
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +32
Final · OT
IND96
MIL94
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final · OT
WAS102
NJN100
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +2
Final · 2OT
UTA124
NYK119
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA 0; OT2 UTA +5
Final
GSW83
ORL92
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +9
Final
LAL96
SAC93
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final
PHX83
SAS93
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +10
Final
CHI102
TOR100
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +2
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 22, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs PHX), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Shaquille O'Neal scores 33, Lakers rally past Sacramento

Lakers trailed by 10 after one and won 96–93.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-10-6+1+3LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2129252196
SAC3125181993
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 32, 33, 32, 24, 25, 33, 24, 33LAL33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 19, 8, 2, 8, 10, 8, 9, 19LAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 40, 23, 27, 21, 19, 15, 15, 21, 24SAC24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 6, 0, 4, 13, 6, 8, 18, 22SAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg41.0Today

41 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Heat rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Portland by 32.

IND over MIL2WAS over NJN2CHI over TOR2LAL over SAC3UTA over NYK5DET over ATL7ORL over GSW9SAS over PHX10BOS over PHI18MIA over POR32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 32, 33, 32, 24, 25, 33, 24, 33LAL @ SAC · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 25, 19, 18, 13, 12, 15, 13, 33CHI @ TOR · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 42, 37, 26, 30, 17, 35, 24, 33CHI @ TOR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 25, 14, 15, 17, 12, 20, 21, 32IND @ MIL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 29, 25, 30, 28, 29, 17, 23, 30UTA @ NYK · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 13, 14, 4, 14, 17, 14, 28, 30PHX @ SAS · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+9.6 23.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.8 14.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.3 22.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derek FisherLAL+5.5 11.2 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cold
Dennis ScottPHX−8.2 3.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.5 4.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.3 7.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−6.1 9.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.8 2.5 last 10 · 8.3 season