FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 12, 1998Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G5
LAL110
SEA95
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +15
Final · R2 · G5
SAS77
UTA87
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +10
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 · 1996–97May 12, 1997: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs LAL), 32 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 5 · SAS @ UTA

Utah closes out San Antonio in five

Utah won Game 5, 87–77, to take the conference semifinals series 4–1. Karl Malone led Utah with 24 points, 13 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+10+10+10UTA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1419182677
UTA1924182687
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 19, 29, 31, 25, 22, 18, 34, 24UTA24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 9, 6, 15, 13, 21, 3, 5, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 23, 17, 15, 16, 21, 21, 15, 21SAS21 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 12, 18, 6, 8, 10, 9, 12, 17SAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ SEA · R2 · G5

Lakers lead Seattle wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 110–95. Best quarter: the first, 39–22. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · LAL vs SEA
G1 · @ SEASEA106–92G2 · @ SEALAL92–68G3 · @ LALLAL119–103G4 · @ LALLAL112–100G5 · @ SEALAL110–95Game by game through May 12, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.9Reg. season avg26.0Last 3 playoff games

26.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.9 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 17 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Reg. season avg10.0Last 3 playoff games

10.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.0 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 7 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Reg. season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 31

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: 33, 30, 19, 36, 31, 27, 26, 30, 39, 31LAL @ SEA · W
29.9 PPG playoffs to date · +1.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 17, 13, 11, 11, 13, 20, 12, 28SEA vs LAL · L
15.8 PPG playoffs to date · +13.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 19, 29, 31, 25, 22, 18, 34, 24UTA vs SAS · W
25.6 PPG playoffs to date · −1.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 23, 17, 15, 16, 21, 21, 15, 21SAS @ UTA · L
19.4 PPG playoffs to date · +1.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 26, 24, 29, 25, 12, 22, 31, 20SEA vs LAL · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date · −4.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 9, 6, 15, 13, 21, 3, 5, 19UTA vs SAS · W
11.7 PPG playoffs to date · +8.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST