FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, June 7, 1998Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Finals · G3
UTA54
CHI96
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +42
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NBA Finals · Game 3 · UTA @ CHI

Chicago goes up 2–1 on Utah

Game 3 went to the Bulls, 96–54. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-50-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40+50TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+18+27+42CHI AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA141714954
CHI1732232496
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 41, 30, 28, 29, 35, 28, 33, 37, 24CHI24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 14, 18, 19, 10, 21, 9, 13, 16CHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 24, 29, 33, 26, 32, 21, 16, 22UTA22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 2, 10, 8, 13, 2, 6, 12, 8UTA8 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Reg. season avg7.0Last 3 playoff games

7.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Reg. season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in the regular season (78 games). Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−7.3points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
27.0Reg. season avg19.7Last 3 playoff games

19.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.0 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 22 points in 31 minutes.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 24

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: 31, 41, 30, 28, 29, 35, 28, 33, 37, 24CHI vs UTA · W
31.8 PPG playoffs to date · −8.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 24, 29, 33, 26, 32, 21, 16, 22UTA @ CHI · L
25.6 PPG playoffs to date · −3.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 14, 18, 19, 10, 21, 9, 13, 16CHI vs UTA · W
12.3 PPG playoffs to date · +3.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Scott BurrellPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 5, 10CHI vs UTA · W
4.3 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
10 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 4, 21, 23, 12, 20, 19, 17, 21, 21, 10CHI vs UTA · W
17.3 PPG playoffs to date · −7.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
10 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ron HarperPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 9, 13, 9, 4, 4, 4, 3, 8CHI vs UTA · W
6.9 PPG playoffs to date · +1.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
8 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST