FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 9, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by CLE (vs CHI) and IND (vs ATL) and SEA (vs DAL).

Final · OT
IND105
ATL102
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
CHI85
CLE91
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +6
Final
SEA103
DAL101
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +2
Final
SAC103
DEN128
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +25
Final
HOU93
GSW89
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +4
Final
POR99
LAC95
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +4
Final
DET102
WAS83
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +31; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +19
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 9, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs ATL), 40 points.
The lead · SEA @ DAL

Seattle takes over late to edge Dallas

Down 4 after three, Seattle won the fourth 30–24. Final: 103–101. Gary Payton led Seattle with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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+2-4+2SEA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA21312130103
DAL27232724101
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 18, 16, 14, 22, 12, 14, 22, 28SEA28 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 21, 6, 17, 16, 20, 11, 23, 22SEA22 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 24, 24, 22, 10, 32, 23, 24, 27DAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 24, 14, 13, 6, 25, 16, 11, 16DAL16 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Sacramento by 25.

SEA over DAL2IND over ATL3HOU over GSW4POR over LAC4CLE over CHI6DET over WAS19DEN over SAC25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Johnny Newman 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.
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 4, 20, 22, 12, 12, 17, 8, 35DEN vs SAC · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 18, 6, 15, 20, 23, 17, 33DET @ WAS · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 17, 34, 30, 26, 41, 40, 30, 29CHI @ CLE · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 18, 16, 14, 22, 12, 14, 22, 28SEA @ DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 24, 24, 22, 10, 32, 23, 24, 27DAL vs SEA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 16, 18, 21, 18, 17, 8, 14, 26DEN vs SAC · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 15 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
Cory AlexanderDEN+7.7 15.3 last 10 · 7.6 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
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−7.6 10.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−7.5 10.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.3 3.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−6.6 5.4 last 10 · 12.0 season