FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 13, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed ORL by 6 after three quarters and won 100–99.

Final
PHI100
BOS110
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +10
Final
UTA85
CHH91
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +6
Final
WSB86
CHI103
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +17
Final
PHX115
DET118
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +3
Final
NYK106
MIN82
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +24
Final
MIL95
SAC104
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final
ORL99
SEA100
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +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 · ORL @ SEA

Seattle takes over late to edge Orlando

Down 6 after three, Seattle won the fourth 23–16. Final: 100–99. Gary Payton led Seattle with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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+2-3-6+1SEA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2531271699
SEA27262423100
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 30, 23SEA23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 18, 21, 26, 22, 21, 25, 24, 20SEA20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 19, 18, 18, 27, 31, 20, 21, 22ORL22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 33, 41, 22, 18, 36, 25, 20, 20ORL20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New York by 24.

SEA over ORL1DET over PHX3CHH over UTA6SAC over MIL9BOS over PHI10CHI over WSB17NYK over MIN24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Charles Barkley leads the day with 45

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: 17, 24, 26, 26, 37, 26, 13, 21, 20, 45PHX @ DET · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 23, 35, 17, 21, 33, 53, 32, 37CHI vs WSB · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 26, 15, 26, 12, 21, 17, 13, 30DET vs PHX · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 13, 8, 13, 23, 29, 32, 34, 28PHI @ BOS · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 29, 16, 18, 21, 18, 21, 16, 25PHX @ DET · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 9, 13, 24, 21, 22, 13, 30, 25MIL @ SAC · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
David WesleyBOS+7.2 17.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.7 15.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.4 16.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dan MajerleCLE+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.6 0.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−6.4 5.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 14.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−6.0 15.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season