FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 7, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 102–89.

Final
DAL105
CHH119
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +19; Q3 CHH +25; Q4 CHH +14
Final
DET81
CHI102
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +21
Final
ATL83
CLE72
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +11
Final
PHX92
DEN103
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +11
Final
HOU86
GSW95
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +9
Final
LAL102
SAC89
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +13
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 · LAL @ SAC

Lakers rally from 13 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 13 after one, Lakers outscored the Kings 80–54 the rest of the way. Final: 102–89. Elden Campbell led Lakers with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-3-1+13LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL22302327102
SAC3520211389
Who led
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 14, 20, 13, 17, 12, 15, 17, 29LAL29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Magic JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 18, 15, 30, 0, 2, 5, 14, 15LAL15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Olden PolynicePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 23, 13, 12, 14, 8, 14, 2, 21SAC21 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 21, 11, 9, 16, 28, 14, 17, 19SAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 58 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists.

Second story · ATL @ CLE

Atlanta beats Cleveland, 83–72

Atlanta led 63–60 after three and won by 11. Christian Laettner led Atlanta with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over HOU9ATL over CLE11DEN over PHX11LAL over SAC13CHH over DAL14CHI over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CLE.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 53

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: 44, 14, 34, 31, 23, 35, 17, 21, 33, 53CHI vs DET · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high53 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 30, 13, 29, 35, 42, 29, 23, 34HOU @ GSW · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 5, 15, 2, 17, 11, 9, 15, 33DEN vs PHX · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 14, 20, 13, 17, 12, 15, 17, 29LAL @ SAC · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony DumasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 10, 15, 18, 19, 16, 20, 13, 28DAL @ CHH · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 18, 25, 17, 24, 26, 26, 37, 26PHX @ DEN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Hubert DavisNYK+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.3 14.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
David WesleyBOS+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.5 17.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPOR−8.7 13.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
A.C. GreenPHX−6.9 1.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−4.9 18.3 last 10 · 23.2 season