FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 2, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
GSW104
HOU94
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MIN108
IND111
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +3
Final
LAL117
NJN106
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +11
Final
LAC70
NYK81
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +11
Final
MIA89
SAS103
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +14
Final
DAL86
SEA107
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +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 2, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs ATL), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ IND

Indiana holds off Minnesota, 111–108

Indiana led 90–70 after three and held on to win by three. Antonio Davis led Indiana with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+19+20+20+3IND AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN16243038108
IND35253021111
Who led
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 7, 4, 4, 10, 17, 9, 19, 23IND23 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 12, 20, 21, 32, 16, 24, 19, 21IND21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 16, 16, 22, 15, 15, 17, 32, 24MIN24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 8, 13, 18, 19, 11, 22, 13, 22MIN22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 66 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · GSW @ HOU

Golden State never trails at a break against Houston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 104–94. Jim Jackson led Golden State with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over MIN3GSW over HOU10LAL over NJN11NYK over LAC11SAS over MIA14SEA over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over HOU.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 50

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: 25, 33, 24, 33, 24, 25, 31, 33, 20, 50LAL @ NJN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 19, 12, 19, 19, 22, 18, 14, 33GSW @ HOU · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 16, 16, 22, 15, 15, 17, 32, 24MIN @ IND · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 10, 4, 14, 22, 20, 15, 10, 24HOU vs GSW · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 7, 4, 4, 10, 17, 9, 19, 23IND vs MIN · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 25, 26, 18, 25, 32, 24, 25, 22SAS vs MIA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 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+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−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−6.7 4.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−6.0 11.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Dennis ScottPHX−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season