FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 3, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHH by 2 after three quarters and won 103–100.

Final
TOR100
CLE89
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +11
Final
PHX121
DAL114
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CHH100
IND103
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +3
Final
HOU111
LAL107
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIA87
MIN89
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
GSW94
NYK109
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +15
Final
WSB108
SAC99
Q1 WSB -1; Q2 WSB +2; Q3 WSB +11; Q4 WSB +9
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 · CHH @ IND

Reggie Miller scores 31, Indiana holds off Charlotte

Final: 103–100. Reggie Miller added 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND 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+4+8-2+3IND AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH30173320100
IND34212325103
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39, 12, 12, 31IND31 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 28, 12, 18, 22, 19, 27, 13, 23IND23 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 29, 32, 18, 17, 16, 26, 12, 24CHH24 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 32, 16, 19, 18, 23, 19, 28, 20CHH20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−28.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg2.0Last 3

2.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 15.

MIN over MIA2IND over CHH3HOU over LAL4PHX over DAL7WSB over SAC9TOR over CLE11NYK over GSW15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Mitch Richmond leads the day with 35

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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 31, 19, 23, 22, 17, 22, 29, 35SAC vs WSB · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39, 12, 12, 31IND vs CHH · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 9, 22, 26, 16, 20, 21, 16, 30MIN vs MIA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 18, 40, 30, 13, 29, 35, 42, 29HOU @ LAL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 2, 10, 16, 11, 21, 22, 13, 29TOR @ CLE · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 17, 27, 18, 25, 17, 24, 26, 26PHX @ DAL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
David WesleyBOS+6.2 16.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Chris ChildsNJN+6.0 18.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.4 16.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
B.J. ArmstrongGSW+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPOR−7.7 14.3 last 10 · 22.0 season
A.C. GreenPHX−6.2 2.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−5.6 17.7 last 10 · 23.3 season
Christian LaettnerATL−5.3 12.2 last 10 · 17.5 season