FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 5, 1998Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DET by 16 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
MIN97
ATL96
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +1
Final
NYK92
BOS102
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +10
Final
LAC93
CLE94
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -10; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +1
Final
SEA87
DEN83
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +4
Final · OT
LAL105
DET103
Q1 LAL -15; Q2 LAL -16; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
CHI109
HOU94
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +15
Final
MIL92
IND93
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +1
Final
TOR104
PHI116
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +20; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DAL99
SAC105
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +6
Final
UTA99
VAN93
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +6
Final
ORL85
WAS88
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
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 5, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs PHI), 41 points.
The lead · LAL @ DET

Shaquille O'Neal drops 35 in 16-point comeback win over Detroit

Detroit led by 16 at the half. Final: 105–103.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-16-20+2LAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL1526361810105
DET302722168103
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 24, 25, 31, 33, 20, 50, 26, 35LAL35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 6, 12, 15, 5, 9, 12, 12, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 14, 11, 8, 22, 27, 12, 29, 26DET26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 20, 17, 12, 18, 6, 15, 20, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 59 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 15.

MIN over ATL1CLE over LAC1IND over MIL1LAL over DET2WAS over ORL3SEA over DEN4SAC over DAL6UTA over VAN6BOS over NYK10PHI over TOR12CHI over HOU15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

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: 35, 24, 33, 24, 17, 34, 30, 26, 41, 40CHI @ HOU · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 4, 17, 24, 20, 28, 30, 21, 36PHI vs TOR · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 24, 25, 31, 33, 20, 50, 26, 35LAL @ DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 10, 35, 31, 35, 15, 17, 11, 30VAN vs UTA · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 31, 16, 19, 19, 30, 23, 19, 26VAN vs UTA · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
James RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 10, 15, 15, 24, 6, 9, 13, 26LAC @ CLE · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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+8.7 22.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
Armen GilliamMIL+7.7 18.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.1 23.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Dee BrownTOR+5.3 13.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−8.0 9.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.3 3.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−5.9 6.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.6 12.5 last 10 · 18.1 season