FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 3, 1998Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DET by 12 after three quarters and won 101–100.

Final
HOU87
ATL107
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +20
Final
IND89
CHH96
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH -9; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +7
Final
MIN93
CHI107
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +14
Final
LAL105
CLE93
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +12
Final
BOS101
DET100
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -12; Q4 BOS +1
Final
LAC78
PHI93
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +15
Final
DAL102
POR109
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +7
Final
MIL87
SAC86
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +1
Final
DEN75
UTA97
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +22
Final
SEA138
VAN98
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +33; Q4 SEA +40
Final
TOR112
WAS120
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +8
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 3, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ WSB), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Antoine Walker scores 31 as Boston wins in Detroit

Final: 101–100. Antoine Walker made 13 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-10-9-12+1BOS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS14282633101
DET24272920100
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 26, 29, 22, 32, 19, 18, 31BOS31 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 24, 8, 24, 23, 18, 16, 10, 16BOS16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 23, 14, 11, 8, 22, 27, 12, 29DET29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 16, 20, 17, 12, 18, 6, 15, 20DET20 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 71 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 5.9 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · IND @ CHH

Charlotte rallies from 9 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 9 at the half, Charlotte outscored the Pacers 49–33 the rest of the way. Final: 96–89. Vlade Divac led Charlotte with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · CHH vs IND
Vlade Divac · CHHReggie Miller · INDPTS2219REB114AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 41

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 24, 33, 24, 17, 34, 30, 26, 41CHI vs MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 26, 27, 22, 24, 24, 22, 10, 32DAL @ POR · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 26, 29, 22, 32, 19, 18, 31BOS @ DET · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 11, 4, 6, 18, 9, 9, 12, 30TOR @ WAS · L
8.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 9, 8, 4, 5, 16, 0, 2, 30CLE vs LAL · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 23, 14, 11, 8, 22, 27, 12, 29DET vs BOS · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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+8.5 19.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.0 22.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dan MajerleMIA+5.4 12.6 last 10 · 7.2 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−6.4 11.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Dennis ScottPHX−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season