FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 20, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 91–79.

Final · Box score
VAN92
CHI98
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
TOR99
DET105
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +6
Final · Box score
NJN92
IND99
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +7
Final · Box score
SEA80
LAL93
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +13
Final · Box score
GSW87
MIA93
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
DEN88
MIN104
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +16
Final · Box score
ATL108
NYK109
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +1
Final · Box score
POR87
ORL102
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
UTA91
PHI79
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +12
Final · Box score
CHH92
SAS82
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +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 · 1996–97Mar 20, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Rony Seikaly (ORL vs GSW), 28 points.
The lead · UTA @ PHI

Utah handles Philadelphia by 12

The Jazz won the third quarter 28–21. Final: 91–79. Karl Malone led Utah with 23 points, 16 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+4+11+12UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1526282291
PHI2017212179
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 40, 29, 25, 30, 28, 29, 17, 23UTA23 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 13, 23, 8, 15, 22, 13, 8, 11UTA11 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 16, 19, 32, 34, 20, 29, 38, 28PHI28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 16, 9, 18, 17, 11, 12, 18, 9PHI9 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 47 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 12 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 59 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Minnesota by 16.

NYK over ATL1CHI over VAN6DET over TOR6MIA over GSW6IND over NJN7CHH over SAS10UTA over PHI12LAL over SEA13ORL over POR15MIN over DEN16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Bryant Reeves leads the day with 30

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.
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 26, 38, 18, 23, 24, 17, 20, 30VAN @ CHI · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 16, 19, 32, 34, 20, 29, 38, 28PHI vs UTA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 21, 25, 13, 24, 14, 25, 20, 25SAS vs CHH · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 15, 21, 21, 13, 18, 26, 26, 25MIA vs GSW · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 11, 19, 23, 19, 29, 26, 31, 25DET vs TOR · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 18, 9, 20, 15, 24, 17, 12, 24DET vs TOR · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 18 REB · 5 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+9.6 23.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.8 14.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.8 23.3 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derek FisherLAL+5.5 11.2 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.5 7.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.3 4.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.0 8.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.6 5.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.8 2.5 last 10 · 8.3 season