FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 17, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed VAN by 11 after the first quarter and won 90–85.

Final · 2OT
NJN106
BOS107
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +1
Final
PHX102
CHH103
Q1 CHH +12; Q2 CHH +7; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +1
Final
SAC84
CLE115
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +26; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +31
Final
DEN81
DET91
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +10
Final
TOR96
IND105
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +9
Final
ORL98
LAL97
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +1
Final
VAN85
MIN90
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DAL86
POR112
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +26
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 · VAN @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of an 11-point hole against Vancouver

Down 11 after one, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 27–24 and the game 90–85. Tom Gugliotta led Minnesota with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-11-5-2+5MIN AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2719241585
MIN1625272290
Who led
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 9, 18, 17, 12, 14, 0, 21, 26MIN26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Doug WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 3, 5, 4, 8, 14, 6, 6, 4, 16MIN16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 13, 19, 14, 12, 8, 26, 14, 26VAN26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 10, 7, 11, 10, 11, 11, 12, 20VAN20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 64 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Sacramento by 31.

BOS over NJN1CHH over PHX1ORL over LAL1MIN over VAN5IND over TOR9DET over DEN10POR over DAL26CLE over SAC31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Johnson leads the day with 30

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.
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 18, 21, 18, 21, 16, 25, 14, 30PHX @ CHH · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 16, 24, 16, 25, 15, 20, 21, 30NJN @ BOS · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 26, 12, 21, 17, 13, 30, 22, 28DET vs DEN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 12, 12, 31, 13, 16, 20, 17, 8, 27IND vs TOR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 12, 8, 14, 18, 16, 20, 6, 26ORL @ LAL · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 9, 18, 17, 12, 14, 0, 21, 26MIN vs VAN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 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
David WesleyBOS+6.8 17.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+6.7 18.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Vern FlemingNJN+6.1 13.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Dan MajerleCLE+6.1 16.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.2 0.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 14.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Willie AndersonNYK−5.6 5.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Elliot PerryPHX−5.3 4.1 last 10 · 9.4 season