FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 14, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DEN by 14 at halftime and won 94–88.

Final
PHI94
ATL95
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +1
Final
BOS86
CLE95
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
LAL111
DAL95
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +16
Final
DEN88
HOU94
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU -14; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU +6
Final
CHH104
MIL82
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +16; Q4 CHH +22
Final
TOR96
NJN92
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
WAS104
NYK102
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +2
Final
SAC66
POR92
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +26
Final
VAN98
SEA110
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +12
Final
MIN109
UTA126
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +7; 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 14, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs WSB), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ HOU

Houston climbs out of a 14-point hole against Denver

Down 14 at the half, the Rockets won the fourth quarter 29–16 and the game 94–88. Mario Elie led Houston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-14-7+6HOU AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2231191688
HOU2811262994
Who led
Mario EliePoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 4, 7, 18, 11, 22, 12, 7, 23HOU23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 18, 7, 20, 20, 19, 18, 25, 16HOU16 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 21, 18, 17, 8, 14, 26, 6, 22DEN22 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Cory AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 13, 23, 5, 25, 19, 23, 8, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg47.1Today

47 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 79 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 26.

ATL over PHI1WAS over NYK2TOR over NJN4HOU over DEN6CLE over BOS9SEA over VAN12LAL over DAL16UTA over MIN17CHH over MIL22POR over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 44

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: 33, 31, 20, 29, 22, 25, 56, 32, 37, 44UTA vs MIN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 23, 22, 20, 20, 11, 4, 17, 39ATL vs PHI · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +25.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 50, 26, 35, 30, 24, 35, 28, 34LAL @ DAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 19, 18, 31, 24, 43, 10, 14, 31BOS @ CLE · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 26, 20, 2, 29, 19, 17, 13, 30CHH @ MIL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 22, 12, 14, 22, 28, 20, 19, 27SEA vs VAN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+8.4 23.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Antonio DavisIND+7.9 17.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+7.7 15.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.9 28.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.7 3.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.8 7.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−6.7 5.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−6.5 10.9 last 10 · 17.4 season