FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 10, 1996Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed IND by 12 after the first quarter and won 113–108.

Final
NJN99
DEN88
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +11
Final
SAC96
GSW95
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +1
Final
CLE81
MIA88
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +7
Final
BOS110
MIL103
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +7
Final
UTA104
MIN96
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +8
Final
CHI72
NYK104
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +32
Final
PHX106
ORL122
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +16
Final
LAC104
PHI102
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +2
Final · 2OT
IND108
POR113
Q1 POR -12; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR 0; OT2 POR +5
Final
SAS106
SEA105
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +1
Final
DAL112
TOR128
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +16
Final
HOU95
VAN89
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +6
Final
ATL91
WSB99
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB -4; Q3 WSB +5; Q4 WSB +8
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 · IND @ POR

Clifford Robinson scores 37, Portland wins in double overtime

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Final: 113–108.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-12-4+1000+5POR AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
IND3718172880108
POR2526311885113
Who led
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 13, 13, 7, 12, 26, 12, 12, 37POR37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 16, 19, 13, 25, 16, 16, 19, 28POR28 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 19, 27, 13, 23, 24, 16, 24, 30IND30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 10, 13, 4, 2, 8, 9, 13, 17IND17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, today vs 1994–95 avg
Points per game
1.71994–95 avg13Today

13 points today in 14 minutes, against 1.7 a game in 1994–95 (25 games).

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Knicks rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. New York beat Chicago by 32.

SAC over GSW1SAS over SEA1LAC over PHI2POR over IND5HOU over VAN6MIA over CLE7BOS over MIL7UTA over MIN8WSB over ATL8NJN over DEN11ORL over PHX16TOR over DAL16NYK over CHI32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 42

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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 29, 35, 42, 29, 23, 34, 20, 42HOU @ VAN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 13, 13, 7, 12, 26, 12, 12, 37POR vs IND · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36SAS @ SEA · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28, 36DAL @ TOR · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 19, 4, 20, 10, 16, 6, 13, 32DEN vs NJN · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 16, 6, 13, 8, 13, 23, 29, 32PHI vs LAC · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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+7.2 18.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
David WesleyBOS+6.7 17.0 last 10 · 10.3 season
Hubert DavisNYK+6.3 17.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.1 14.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Chris ChildsNJN+5.9 18.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.1 1.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−6.6 16.2 last 10 · 22.8 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−6.4 15.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 14.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−5.8 5.9 last 10 · 11.7 season