FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 8, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed DET by 6 after the first quarter and won 95–87.

Final
NJN117
BOS104
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +13
Final
VAN102
LAL113
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +11
Final
MIA80
NYK83
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DET87
ORL95
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +8
Final
CHH101
PHI109
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIL107
TOR100
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SAS88
UTA98
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +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 8, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA @ NJN), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ ORL

Detroit's skid reaches seven

Orlando won 95–87; the Pistons fall to 34–43. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-6-2+1+8ORL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3019231587
ORL2423262295
Who led
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 21, 38, 9, 21, 18, 25, 34, 26ORL26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Derek StrongPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 5, 20, 13, 17, 17, 14, 12, 20ORL20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 15, 5, 12, 9, 17, 11, 13, 20DET20 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 17, 12, 18, 6, 15, 20, 23, 17DET17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NJN @ BOS

New Jersey beats Boston, 117–104

New Jersey led 86–79 after three and won by 13. Sam Cassell led New Jersey with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIA3MIL over TOR7ORL over DET8PHI over CHH8UTA over SAS10LAL over VAN11NJN over BOS13Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 52 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 74 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 43

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 29, 22, 32, 19, 18, 31, 24, 43BOS vs NJN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 25, 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24, 34SAS @ UTA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 33, 31, 20, 29, 22, 25, 56, 32UTA vs SAS · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 24, 20, 28, 30, 21, 36, 23, 30PHI vs CHH · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 25, 31, 33, 20, 50, 26, 35, 30LAL vs VAN · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 20, 15, 31, 17, 29, 20, 24, 29NYK vs MIA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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+9.4 24.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Armen GilliamMIL+5.8 16.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.4 15.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Anthony JohnsonSAC+5.3 12.6 last 10 · 7.3 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