FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 19, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed VAN by 3 after three quarters and won 82–77.

Final
IND94
CHH102
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +18; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +8
Final
SAC67
CHI89
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +22
Final
CLE81
DAL72
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +9
Final · OT
GSW105
HOU102
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +3
Final
SEA71
LAL94
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +23
Final
VAN77
NJN82
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +5
Final
DET91
ORL113
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +22
Final
MIN78
POR106
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +28
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 @ NJN

New Jersey gets past Vancouver

82–77, with New Jersey ahead 45–41 at halftime. Shawn Bradley led New Jersey with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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+4+4-3+5NJN AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN1823211577
NJN2223142382
Who led
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 32, 22, 11, 8, 19, 17, 13, 17NJN17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 24, 16, 25, 15, 20, 21, 30, 16NJN16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 19, 14, 12, 8, 26, 14, 26, 15VAN15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Gerald WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 10, 5, 9, 8, 0, 9, 2, 15VAN15 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Minnesota by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

GSW over HOU3NJN over VAN5CHH over IND8CLE over DAL9CHI over SAC22ORL over DET22LAL over SEA23POR over MIN28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 66 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

B.J. Armstrong leads the day with 35

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.
B.J. ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 11, 9, 14, 22, 14, 20, 14, 35GSW @ HOU · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Robert HorryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 8, 19, 10, 10, 6, 14, 5, 26HOU vs GSW · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 8, 14, 18, 16, 20, 6, 26, 26ORL vs DET · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 20, 12, 18, 13, 13, 11, 10, 26LAL vs SEA · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 23, 24, 16, 24, 30, 21, 21, 24IND @ CHH · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Danny FerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 23, 7, 16, 15, 7, 12, 16, 24CLE @ DAL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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+6.8 17.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+6.1 19.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.8 14.7 last 10 · 8.9 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
Greg AnthonyVAN−5.3 9.9 last 10 · 15.2 season