FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 18, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed SAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 83–77.

Final
NYK109
CHI111
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +2
Final
IND92
CLE96
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
VAN100
GSW112
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +12
Final
SAC77
LAC83
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +6
Final
MIN111
MIL109
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +2
Final
BOS95
WAS112
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +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 18, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs TOR), 38 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Clippers take care of Sacramento

A 6-point win, 83–77. James Robinson led Clippers with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-7-6-4+6LAC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3020171077
LAC2321192083
Who led
James RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 26, 14, 20, 7, 11, 16, 3, 20LAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 11, 5, 1, 10, 17LAC17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 18, 14, 27, 19, 20, 12, 14, 27SAC27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lawrence FunderburkePoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 2, 3, 8, 8, 6, 8, 10, 14SAC14 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 73 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · NYK @ CHI

Chicago wins a tight one over New York

111–109. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 44 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over NYK2MIN over MIL2CLE over IND4LAC over SAC6GSW over VAN12WAS over BOS17Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over NYK.
Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 40, 30, 29, 37, 27, 19, 24, 44CHI vs NYK · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 22, 28, 25, 20, 11, 19, 25, 40MIL vs MIN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 22, 25, 20, 19, 19, 14, 21, 27WAS vs BOS · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 18, 14, 27, 19, 20, 12, 14, 27SAC @ LAC · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 0, 17, 13, 22, 12, 22, 25, 26VAN @ GSW · L
6.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 12, 10, 11, 18, 22, 13, 19, 26IND @ CLE · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 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
Nick AndersonORL+7.4 22.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dee BrownTOR+6.9 16.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jim JacksonGSW+6.8 22.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.8 28.7 last 10 · 21.9 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
John StarksNYK−6.3 6.6 last 10 · 12.9 season