FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 22, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DEN by 10 at halftime and won 99–98.

Final
DEN98
BOS99
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -10; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +1
Final
ATL117
CHH92
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +25
Final
MIN110
DAL84
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +26
Final
NJN96
DET111
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +15
Final
VAN94
IND111
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +17
Final
PHI93
LAC107
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +14
Final
MIA122
MIL106
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +16
Final
POR78
SAC80
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
Final
SAS120
TOR108
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +12
Final
CLE75
UTA88
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +13
Final · OT
ORL111
WSB108
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +3
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 @ BOS

Boston rallies from 10 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 10 at the half, Boston outscored the Nuggets 54–43 the rest of the way. Final: 99–98. David Wesley led Boston with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-3-100+1BOS AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2530202398
BOS2223302499
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 12, 21, 17, 20, 16, 17, 22, 24BOS24 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Greg MinorPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 20, 8, 13, 12, 4, 11, 4, 24BOS24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 20, 14, 14, 10, 14, 15, 15, 27DEN27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Reggie WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 6, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 15DEN15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 26.

BOS over DEN1SAC over POR2ORL over WSB3SAS over TOR12UTA over CLE13LAC over PHI14DET over NJN15MIA over MIL16IND over VAN17ATL over CHH25MIN over DAL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 49

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 25, 20, 20, 23, 26, 10, 28, 49ORL @ WSB · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high49 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 12, 29, 24, 10, 9, 14, 33, 31MIN @ DAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 20, 21, 22, 29, 14, 18, 35, 30ORL @ WSB · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 8, 20, 31, 11, 21, 40, 10, 29TOR vs SAS · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 27, 29, 20, 27, 32, 22, 24, 27UTA vs CLE · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 21, 20, 9, 17, 25, 26, 19, 27WSB vs ORL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.9 18.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
B.J. ArmstrongGSW+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
David WesleyBOS+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 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
Dennis ScottORL−5.4 12.6 last 10 · 18.0 season