FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 28, 1998Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK78
SEA104
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +30; Q4 SEA +26
Final
LAL91
UTA106
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +15
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 28, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ CHH), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ UTA

Karl Malone scores 31 in Utah win over Lakers

Final: 106–91. Karl Malone added 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+8+13+15UTA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2625192191
UTA31282423106
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 29, 17, 23, 30, 19, 33, 31UTA31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 22, 4, 5, 22, 5, 12, 13UTA13 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 24, 25, 33, 24, 33, 24, 25, 31LAL31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 8, 10, 8, 9, 19, 6, 12, 15LAL15 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NYK @ SEA

Seattle leads New York wire to wire

Seattle was ahead at every break and won 104–78. Best quarter: the second, 28–19. Vin Baker led Seattle with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SEA vs NYK
Vin Baker · SEAAllan Houston · NYKPTS1715REB62AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 28 minutes.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 31

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 29, 17, 23, 30, 19, 33, 31UTA vs LAL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 24, 25, 33, 24, 33, 24, 25, 31LAL @ UTA · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 21, 17, 8, 16, 20, 26, 15, 17SEA vs NYK · W
19.7 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 27, 12, 13, 30, 24, 17, 18, 16SEA vs NYK · W
19.0 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Greg AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 2, 10, 9, 8, 5, 7, 3, 16SEA vs NYK · W
4.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 8, 10, 8, 9, 19, 6, 12, 15LAL @ UTA · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 0 REB · 6 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+10.3 24.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.1 24.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Elliot PerryMIL+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+5.7 22.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.7 5.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.4 4.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.4 5.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.6 12.7 last 10 · 18.3 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season