FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 16, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 2 at halftime and won 99–90.

Final
DAL82
GSW88
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +6
Final
TOR79
NYK108
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +30; Q4 NYK +29
Final
LAC90
POR99
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAC86
UTA99
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +13
Final
SAS110
VAN97
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +13
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 16, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Rod Strickland (WSB vs IND), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ POR

Clippers' skid reaches ten

Portland won 99–90; the Clippers fall to 16–65. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-2+9+9POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2527162290
POR3515272299
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 27, 16, 28, 17, 23, 22, 8, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 14, 14, 24, 10, 11, 8, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 14, 13, 18, 6, 24, 16, 13, 23LAC23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 23, 13, 20, 19, 23, 12, 22LAC22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ GSW

Golden State leads Dallas wire to wire

Golden State was ahead at every break and won 88–82. Best quarter: the first, 26–25. Jim Jackson led Golden State with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DAL6POR over LAC9UTA over SAC13SAS over VAN13NYK over TOR29Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg24.5Last 3

24.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 72 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 32

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24, 34, 28, 26, 32SAS @ VAN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 19, 26, 30, 26, 31, 15, 18, 32VAN vs SAS · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 4, 21, 6, 11, 12, 10, 14, 26NYK vs TOR · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 10, 0, 17, 13, 22, 12, 22, 25VAN vs SAS · L
5.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 33, 16, 28, 25, 23, 20, 27, 25GSW vs DAL · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 14, 13, 18, 6, 24, 16, 13, 23LAC @ POR · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 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+7.2 22.9 last 10 · 15.7 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
John StarksNYK−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season