FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 6, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHH115
NJN125
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +10
Final
PHI92
ORL113
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +21
Final
POR79
SAS75
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +4
Final
PHX102
SEA92
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +10
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 6, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ ORL), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ SAS

Portland gets past San Antonio

79–75, with Portland ahead 51–40 at halftime. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+11+11+4POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2427151379
SAS1822152075
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 16, 13, 19, 16, 18, 27, 16, 28POR28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 23, 10, 6, 24, 21, 9, 23, 14POR14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 25, 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24SAS24 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 27, 29, 10, 13, 24, 21, 24, 23SAS23 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 51 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.9Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg34.8Today

35 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · CHH @ NJN

New Jersey leads Charlotte wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 125–115. Best quarter: the first, 36–26. Sam Cassell led New Jersey with 35 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over SAS4NJN over CHH10PHX over SEA10ORL over PHI21Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over CHH.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 35

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 10, 7, 7, 29, 14, 18, 30, 35NJN vs CHH · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 30, 21, 38, 9, 21, 18, 25, 34ORL vs PHI · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 24, 27, 6, 15, 26, 20, 2, 29CHH @ NJN · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 16, 13, 19, 16, 18, 27, 16, 28POR @ SAS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 25, 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24SAS vs POR · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 27, 29, 10, 13, 24, 21, 24, 23SAS vs POR · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 18 REB · 3 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+9.5 24.1 last 10 · 14.6 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
Damon StoudamirePOR−7.2 10.7 last 10 · 17.9 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.5 8.6 last 10 · 15.1 season