FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 14, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIA by 14 after the first quarter and won 120–100.

Final
BOS73
CLE98
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +25
Final
LAL106
GSW103
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final
ATL106
HOU114
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +8
Final
DAL106
LAC110
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +4
Final
WSB100
NJN92
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB -2; Q3 WSB +8; Q4 WSB +8
Final
MIA100
SAS120
Q1 SAS -14; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +20
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 · MIA @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 14 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 14 after one, San Antonio outscored the Heat 103–69 the rest of the way. Final: 120–100. David Robinson led San Antonio with 28 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-14+5+20+20SAS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA31201930100
SAS17393430120
Who led
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36, 28, 28SAS28 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 20, 16, 29, 18, 11, 18, 27SAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 22, 8, 17, 19, 23, 21, 13, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 18, 21, 18, 18, 15, 11, 40, 20MIA20 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DAL @ LAC

Dallas's skid reaches five

Clippers won 110–106; the Mavericks fall to 21–42. Loy Vaught led Clippers with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
Lvs PHI115–121W@ DEN137–120W@ VAN119–111Lvs PHX114–121Wvs NJN127–117L@ CHH105–119L@ DET91–92L@ TOR112–128Lvs MIA118–125L@ LAC106–110DAL: last 10 games through Mar 14, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 38

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: 13, 29, 35, 42, 29, 23, 34, 20, 42, 38HOU vs ATL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 32, 23, 30, 14, 13, 10, 28, 34DAL @ LAC · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 19, 11, 26, 16, 15, 15, 24, 31DAL @ LAC · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 15, 26, 24, 17, 4, 22, 11, 30CLE vs BOS · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 15, 15, 25, 16, 4, 19, 20, 29ATL @ HOU · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36, 28, 28SAS vs MIA · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 4 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+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.7 15.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Dan MajerleCLE+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.6 0.5 last 10 · 8.1 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
Willie AndersonNYK−5.4 5.8 last 10 · 11.2 season