FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 7, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed GSW by 6 at halftime and won 101–99.

Final
NYK79
ATL92
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +13
Final
WAS85
CHI103
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +18
Final
POR99
DAL91
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +8
Final
HOU104
DEN87
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +17
Final
UTA101
GSW99
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +2
Final
CLE80
IND82
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +2
Final
VAN110
LAC94
Q1 VAN +8; Q2 VAN +6; Q3 VAN +13; Q4 VAN +16
Final
TOR105
MIL114
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +9
Final
MIA89
MIN92
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +3
Final
PHX103
SAC97
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +6
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 7, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ CHI), 44 points.
The lead · UTA @ GSW

Karl Malone scores 56 as Utah beats Golden State

Utah won 101–99. Karl Malone: 56 points, 9 rebounds, 2 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 Q3Final0-1-60+2UTA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA24202928101
GSW2525232699
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 19, 33, 31, 20, 29, 22, 25, 56UTA56 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 5, 12, 13, 9, 14, 6, 11, 13UTA13 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 19, 19, 22, 18, 14, 33, 16, 28GSW28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 8, 5, 16, 16, 10, 14, 14, 20GSW20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
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
7.1Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Chicago by 18.

UTA over GSW2IND over CLE2MIN over MIA3PHX over SAC6POR over DAL8MIL over TOR9ATL over NYK13VAN over LAC16HOU over DEN17CHI over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 56

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 19, 33, 31, 20, 29, 22, 25, 56UTA @ GSW · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +29.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high56 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 2, 17, 11, 20, 20, 8, 9, 33PHX @ SAC · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 16, 19, 19, 30, 23, 19, 26, 30VAN @ LAC · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 24, 17, 34, 30, 26, 41, 40, 30CHI vs WAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 18, 7, 27, 25, 21, 10, 22, 28MIL vs TOR · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 25, 22, 26, 34, 16, 12, 28MIA @ MIN · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.4 23.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Armen GilliamMIL+6.4 17.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.4 15.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−7.5 10.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−7.5 10.2 last 10 · 17.7 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.3 3.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−6.6 5.4 last 10 · 12.0 season