FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 21, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK86
CHI107
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +20; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +21
Final
CLE98
HOU85
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +13
Final
DEN89
NJN97
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +8
Final
GSW96
PHX104
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +25; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +8
Final
LAL93
SEA104
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +11
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 · DEN @ NJN

New Jersey beats Denver, 97–89

New Jersey led 71–69 after three and won by 8. Armen Gilliam led New Jersey with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+14+2+8NJN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2118302089
NJN2726182697
Who led
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 16, 25, 15, 20, 21, 30, 16, 25NJN25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris ChildsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 18, 24, 13, 8, 18, 15, 7, 21NJN21 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 6, 13, 32, 19, 22, 20, 32, 20DEN20 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 33, 20, 14, 14, 10, 14, 15, 15DEN15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 67 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 27.6 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · GSW @ PHX

Phoenix leads Golden State wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 104–96. Best quarter: the second, 32–11. Charles Barkley led Phoenix with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over DEN8PHX over GSW8SEA over LAL11CLE over HOU13CHI over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over GSW.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 36

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: 21, 33, 53, 32, 37, 33, 37, 38, 20, 36CHI vs NYK · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 28, 2, 15, 6, 22, 26, 14, 27CLE @ HOU · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 7, 28, 8, 18, 13, 22, 12, 26LAL @ SEA · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 16, 25, 15, 20, 21, 30, 16, 25NJN vs DEN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
B.J. ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 9, 14, 22, 14, 20, 14, 35, 25GSW @ PHX · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 26, 13, 21, 20, 45, 29, 20, 22PHX vs GSW · W
24.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 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
Antonio McDyessDEN+6.0 19.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
B.J. ArmstrongGSW+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
David WesleyBOS+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dan MajerleCLE+5.4 15.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−6.9 0.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.9 13.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Willie AndersonNYK−5.6 5.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−5.3 9.9 last 10 · 15.2 season