FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 17, 1998Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–99.

Final
CHH104
ATL121
Q1 ATL +21; Q2 ATL +28; Q3 ATL +24; Q4 ATL +17
Final
CLE71
BOS78
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +7
Final
POR101
DEN109
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +8
Final
MIL102
DET108
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +6
Final
TOR98
IND107
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +9
Final
DAL95
LAL124
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +29
Final
WAS97
MIA89
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +8
Final
HOU95
MIN102
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +7
Final
NJN109
ORL121
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +12
Final
CHI87
PHI80
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +7
Final
UTA102
PHX99
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +3
Final
SAS89
SEA87
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +2
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 17, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs SAC), 42 points.
The lead · UTA @ PHX

Utah takes over late to edge Phoenix

Down 5 after three, Utah won the fourth 29–21. Final: 102–99. Karl Malone led Utah with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-7+2-5+3UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA23272329102
PHX3018302199
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 22, 25, 56, 32, 37, 44, 21, 29UTA29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 8, 12, 9, 12, 2, 17, 10, 21UTA21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 0, 12, 15, 21, 27, 21, 7, 25PHX25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 8, 9, 33, 12, 16, 21, 12, 24PHX24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 80 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 79 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 80 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Dallas by 29, the widest margin of 12 games.

SAS over SEA2UTA over PHX3DET over MIL6BOS over CLE7MIN over HOU7CHI over PHI7DEN over POR8WAS over MIA8IND over TOR9ORL over NJN12ATL over CHH17LAL over DAL29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 50, 26, 35, 30, 24, 35, 28, 34, 43LAL vs DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 37, 16, 2, 18, 15, 23, 17, 17, 31DET vs MIL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 32, 23, 24, 27, 15, 23, 20, 31DAL @ LAL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 22, 20, 24, 34, 28, 26, 32, 31SAS @ SEA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 2, 29, 19, 17, 13, 30, 21, 30CHH @ ATL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 22, 25, 56, 32, 37, 44, 21, 29UTA @ PHX · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Cory AlexanderDEN+8.6 16.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Antonio DavisIND+7.7 17.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Nick AndersonORL+7.4 22.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Jim JacksonGSW+7.2 22.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Dee BrownTOR+6.9 16.1 last 10 · 9.2 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−6.6 5.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.4 8.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Christian LaettnerATL−6.1 7.6 last 10 · 13.7 season