FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 16, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 2 at halftime and won 99–90.

Final · Box score
Mavs82
Warriors88
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +6
Final · Box score
Raptors79
Knicks108
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +30; Q4 NYK +29
Final · Box score
Clippers90
Blazers99
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +9
Final · Box score
Kings86
Jazz99
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +13
Final · Box score
Spurs110
Grizzlies97
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +13
On this day · 1996–97Apr 16, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Rod Strickland (Bullets-Pacers), 34 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Blazers

Clippers' skid reaches ten

Tim Duncan goes for 32 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-2+9+9POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2527162290
Blazers3515272299
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 27, 16, 28, 17, 23, 22, 8, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 14, 14, 24, 10, 11, 8, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 14, 13, 18, 6, 24, 16, 13, 23LAC23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 23, 13, 20, 19, 23, 12, 22LAC22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Mavs-Warriors

Golden State leads Dallas wire to wire

Golden State was ahead at every break and won 88–82. Best quarter: the first, 26–25. Jim Jackson led Golden State with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DAL6POR over LAC9UTA over SAC13SAS over VAN13NYK over TOR29Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over DAL.
The night in charts
Spurs-Grizzlies combined for 207, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-GrizzliesSpurs 110, Grizzlies 97
207
Clippers-BlazersClippers 90, Blazers 99
189
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 79, Knicks 108
187
Kings-JazzKings 86, Jazz 99
185
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 82, Warriors 88
170
GSW won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 82, Warriors 88
+6 GSW
Clippers-BlazersClippers 90, Blazers 99
+9 POR
Spurs-GrizzliesSpurs 110, Grizzlies 97
+13 SAS
Kings-JazzKings 86, Jazz 99
+13 UTA
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 79, Knicks 108
+29 NYK
Perdue shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PerdueSAS · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
SabonisPOR · 20 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
AustinLAC · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Larry JohnsonNYK · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
60% (12-20)
ChristieTOR · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 82Warriors 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2512252082
Warriors2623172288
The story
Tony Delk's 22 points carried Golden State past Dallas, 88-82

For Dallas, A.C. Green had 14 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 9-19 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 23-12, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +1+12+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Blazers
Clippers 90Blazers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2527162290
Blazers3515272299
The story
Portland beat Los Angeles 99-90 behind 20 points and 12 rebounds from Arvydas Sabonis

Lamond Murray paced Los Angeles: 22 PTS, 6 REB 20 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 7-11 FG

The swing

A 27-16 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 +10−2+9+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ike Austin topped the game at 47.2 FPTS: 23 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST

Final · Spurs-Grizzlies
Spurs 110Grizzlies 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs30282527110
Grizzlies1829331797
The story
Jaren Jackson had 20 points as San Antonio beat Vancouver 110-97

Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 7-13 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The Spurs won the first 30-18, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +12+11+3+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg24.5Last 3

24.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 72 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 32

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 25, 22, 20, 24, 34, 28, 26, 32Spurs-Grizzlies · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 19, 26, 30, 26, 31, 15, 18, 32Grizzlies-Spurs · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 4, 21, 6, 11, 12, 10, 14, 26Knicks-Raptors · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 10, 0, 17, 13, 22, 12, 22, 25Grizzlies-Spurs · L
5.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 33, 16, 28, 25, 23, 20, 27, 25Warriors-Mavs · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 14, 13, 18, 6, 24, 16, 13, 23Clippers-Blazers · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nick AndersonORL+8.5 23.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+8.2 16.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Antonio DavisIND+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jim JacksonGSW+7.2 22.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.9 28.9 last 10 · 22.0 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−7.2 4.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.8 7.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
John StarksNYK−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season