FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 9, 1996Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DAL by 5 at halftime and won 92–91.

Final
GSW88
DEN102
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +14
Final
DAL91
DET92
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +1
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 · DAL @ DET

Detroit holds off Dallas, 92–91

Detroit led 79–70 after three and held on to win by one. Otis Thorpe led Detroit with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET 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+2-5+9+1DET AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2127222191
DET2320361392
Who led
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 8, 13, 20, 14, 10, 8, 20DET20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 21, 15, 24, 35, 17, 31, 13, 18DET18 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28DAL28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 0, 3, 8, 15, 14, 12, 8, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 29.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · GSW @ DEN

Denver leads Golden State wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 102–88. Best quarter: the second, 30–22. Bryant Stith led Denver with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs GSW
Bryant Stith · DENLatrell Sprewell · GSWPTS2719REB61AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jim Jackson leads the day with 28

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.
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28DAL @ DET · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 3, 10, 18, 10, 13, 9, 2, 27DEN vs GSW · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 8, 13, 20, 14, 10, 8, 20DET vs DAL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 15, 2, 17, 11, 9, 15, 33, 20DEN vs GSW · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 0, 3, 8, 15, 14, 12, 8, 19DAL @ DET · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 12, 20, 16, 26, 14, 28, 21, 19GSW @ DEN · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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
Hubert DavisNYK+7.4 18.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+7.2 18.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.6 15.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
David WesleyBOS+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris ChildsNJN+5.7 17.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPOR−7.8 13.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−7.1 1.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−5.9 17.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−5.8 6.1 last 10 · 11.8 season