FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 1, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 4 at halftime and won 98–89.

Final
TOR91
ATL105
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +14
Final
MIL106
DEN100
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +6
Final
CLE92
DET90
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +2
Final
BOS98
ORL87
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +11
Final
POR89
UTA98
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +9
Final
PHI112
WAS91
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +21
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 · 1996–97Apr 1, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ DAL), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Utah beats Portland, 98–89

Utah led 71–65 after three and won by 9. Jeff Hornacek led Utah with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-4+6+9UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2819182489
UTA2518282798
Who led
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 8, 11, 16, 10, 18, 11, 11, 31UTA31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 17, 23, 30, 19, 33, 31, 20, 29UTA29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 24, 6, 12, 3, 11, 6, 12, 22POR22 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 15, 12, 12, 16, 13, 19, 16, 18POR18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ DEN

Milwaukee handles Denver by 6

The Bucks won the fourth quarter 30–28. Final: 106–100. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DET2MIL over DEN6UTA over POR9BOS over ORL11ATL over TOR14PHI over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 70 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jeff Hornacek 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.
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 8, 11, 16, 10, 18, 11, 11, 31UTA vs POR · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 38, 28, 21, 4, 17, 24, 20, 28, 30PHI @ WAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 22, 21, 25, 24, 18, 34, 12, 30PHI @ WAS · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 17, 23, 30, 19, 33, 31, 20, 29UTA vs POR · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 19, 27, 7, 19, 23, 25, 13, 26CLE @ DET · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Danny FortsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 12, 13, 4, 21, 24, 18, 11, 24DEN vs MIL · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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+8.9 22.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Armen GilliamMIL+7.5 18.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.2 23.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+6.6 24.0 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.7 4.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Brent BarryMIA−6.2 5.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dennis ScottPHX−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−5.5 12.6 last 10 · 18.1 season