FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 5, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 105–84.

Final
ORL123
CHH97
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +26
Final
MIL106
CHI115
Q1 CHI +17; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +9
Final · 2OT
SEA107
CLE101
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA 0; OT2 SEA +6
Final
NJN117
DAL127
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +10
Final
VAN78
GSW110
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +32
Final
MIN72
MIA113
Q1 MIA +19; Q2 MIA +24; Q3 MIA +40; Q4 MIA +41
Final
LAC105
NYK88
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +17
Final
IND95
PHX108
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +13
Final
HOU100
POR93
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +7
Final
UTA112
SAC97
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +15
Final
DET105
TOR84
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +21
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 · DET @ TOR

Grant Hill scores 31, Detroit rallies past Toronto

Detroit trailed by 11 at the half and won 105–84.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-1+21DET AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET16153539105
TOR2517251784
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 22, 23, 21, 15, 24, 35, 17, 31DET31 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 18, 12, 2, 17, 12, 7, 12, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Sharone WrightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 10, 3, 13, 11, 15, 10, 20, 25TOR25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 29, 8, 13, 23, 29, 23, 17, 10, 24, 15TOR15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
10.7Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg58Today

58 minutes today, against 27.8 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Miami by 41.

SEA over CLE6HOU over POR7CHI over MIL9DAL over NJN10PHX over IND13UTA over SAC15LAC over NYK17DET over TOR21ORL over CHH26GSW over VAN32MIA over MIN41Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Charles Barkley leads the day with 37

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.
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 27, 18, 25, 17, 24, 26, 26, 37PHX vs IND · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 44, 14, 34, 31, 23, 35, 17, 21, 33CHI vs MIL · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 27, 15, 8, 10, 23, 23, 14, 32NJN @ DAL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 22, 23, 21, 15, 24, 35, 17, 31DET @ TOR · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 5, 15, 22, 30, 24, 32, 23, 30DAL vs NJN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 21, 6, 14, 24, 16, 17, 25, 30UTA @ SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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
Shawn BradleyNJN+7.1 18.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
David WesleyBOS+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.8 13.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.5 17.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bison DeleLAC+5.0 21.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPOR−8.7 13.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Christian LaettnerATL−6.5 10.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
A.C. GreenPHX−6.4 2.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Lamond MurrayLAC−5.0 4.6 last 10 · 9.6 season