FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 15, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ATL by 10 at halftime and won 82–70.

Final
MIL117
BOS109
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +8
Final
NJN103
CHH109
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +6
Final
CHI79
DET87
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +8
Final
ATL70
IND82
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +12
Final
GSW92
LAC80
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +12
Final
ORL99
MIA87
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +12
Final
DEN89
PHX96
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CLE93
WAS101
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +8
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 15, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Rodney Rogers (LAC @ HOU), 34 points.
The lead · ATL @ IND

Indiana climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 10 at the half. Indiana won it 82–70. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-1-10-6+12IND AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2022181070
IND1913222882
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 21, 19, 18, 15, 19, 14, 22, 22IND22 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 23, 7, 16, 19, 19, 28, 17, 13IND13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 11, 20, 24, 11, 23, 18, 5, 17ATL17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 22, 20, 20, 11, 4, 17, 39, 15ATL15 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 78 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 79 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Indiana by 12.

CHH over NJN6PHX over DEN7MIL over BOS8DET over CHI8WAS over CLE8IND over ATL12GSW over LAC12ORL over MIA12Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 27

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 18, 30, 35, 29, 29, 27, 16, 27NJN @ CHH · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 14, 33, 16, 28, 25, 23, 20, 27GSW @ LAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 27, 12, 29, 26, 7, 0, 8, 25DET vs CHI · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Chris GatlingPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 14, 13, 18, 15, 15, 5, 2, 25NJN @ CHH · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 16, 16, 11, 17, 6, 16, 12, 25CLE @ WAS · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 22, 23, 13, 10, 37, 23, 22, 25PHX vs DEN · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 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+8.5 23.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+8.2 16.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Antonio DavisIND+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jim JacksonGSW+7.0 22.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.9 28.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.4 5.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.7 3.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−7.2 4.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.8 7.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−6.5 10.9 last 10 · 17.4 season