FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 16, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIL by 13 after the first quarter and won 99–94.

Final
MIL94
GSW99
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +5
Final
MIA121
HOU97
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +24
Final
CHI97
NJN93
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +4
Final
PHI88
NYK94
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +6
Final
ATL92
SAS119
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +27
Final · OT
UTA115
WSB120
Q1 WSB +1; Q2 WSB -3; Q3 WSB -6; Q4 WSB 0; OT1 WSB +5
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 · MIL @ GSW

Latrell Sprewell scores 31, Golden State rallies past Milwaukee

Golden State trailed by 13 after one and won 99–94.

Game flow · GSW 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+5GSW AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3718192094
GSW2428232499
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 14, 28, 21, 19, 7, 25, 17, 31GSW31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
B.J. ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 20, 12, 11, 9, 14, 22, 14, 20GSW20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 26, 22, 21, 34, 25, 19, 16, 25MIL25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 24, 21, 22, 13, 30, 25, 19, 24MIL24 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · CHI @ NJN

Chicago makes it three straight

Chicago beat New Jersey 97–93 and moved to 57–7. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 37 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
Wvs ORL111–91Wvs MIN120–99Wvs GSW110–87Wvs BOS107–75Wvs MIL115–106Wvs DET102–81L@ NYK72–104Wvs WSB103–86Wvs DEN108–87W@ NJN97–93CHI: last 10 games through Mar 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 37

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: 23, 35, 17, 21, 33, 53, 32, 37, 33, 37CHI @ NJN · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 25, 24, 17, 27, 29, 20, 27, 32UTA @ WSB · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 14, 28, 21, 19, 7, 25, 17, 31GSW vs MIL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 8, 17, 19, 23, 21, 13, 26, 28MIA @ HOU · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Gheorghe MuresanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 12, 20, 9, 13, 27, 17, 16, 28WSB vs UTA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 6, 2, 20, 21, 14, 2, 10, 27MIA @ HOU · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
David WesleyBOS+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.6 15.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+6.4 17.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dan MajerleCLE+6.0 16.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.5 0.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 14.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−5.8 15.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Willie AndersonNYK−5.6 5.4 last 10 · 11.0 season