FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 10, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CHH by 15 after the first quarter and won 99–87.

Final · OT
ORL80
BOS82
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
ATL99
CHH87
Q1 ATL -15; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +12
Final
PHX114
LAL105
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final
PHI102
MIN107
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +5
Final
HOU97
SAC85
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +12
Final
SEA84
SAS99
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +15
Final · OT
MIA111
TOR105
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +6
Final
LAC109
UTA126
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +17
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 10, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN @ GSW), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ CHH

Atlanta storms back from 15 down to beat Charlotte

The Hawks trailed by 15 after one and won 99–87. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-150+3+12ATL AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1631232999
CHH3116202087
Who led
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 24, 22, 28, 11, 20, 24, 11, 23ATL23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Eldridge RecasnerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 11, 19, 12, 21, 16, 0, 16, 23ATL23 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 6, 15, 26, 20, 2, 29, 19, 17CHH17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 27, 12, 15, 0, 14, 13, 17CHH17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 70 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 74 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

BOS over ORL2MIN over PHI5MIA over TOR6PHX over LAL9ATL over CHH12HOU over SAC12SAS over SEA15UTA over LAC17Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 20, 28, 30, 21, 36, 23, 30, 43PHI @ MIN · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 12, 14, 18, 22, 23, 13, 10, 37PHX @ LAL · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jaren JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 16, 6, 14, 15, 6, 14, 11, 31SAS vs SEA · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 11, 22, 13, 22, 24, 22, 8, 29MIN vs PHI · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24, 34, 28SAS vs SEA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 11, 13, 14, 21, 29, 16, 16, 28MIA @ TOR · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 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 24.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+7.7 15.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Sam MitchellMIN+6.6 18.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Armen GilliamMIL+5.8 16.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.7 3.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−7.6 10.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−6.6 5.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Stephon MarburyMIN−6.3 11.4 last 10 · 17.7 season