FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 27, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 10 after three quarters and won 117–114.

Final
HOU114
DAL117
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL -10; Q4 DAL +3
Final
LAL106
MIA95
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +11
Final
BOS121
MIN116
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +5
Final
TOR94
PHI103
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +9
Final
NYK84
SAS90
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +6
Final
CHH95
SEA132
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +37
Final
MIL82
UTA98
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +16
Final
IND99
WSB93
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
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 · HOU @ DAL

Dallas fights back from 10 down against Houston

Final: 117–114, after trailing by 10 after three. Jason Kidd led Dallas with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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+1+1-10+3DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU31223526114
DAL32222439117
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 31, 14, 3, 14, 10, 16, 13, 22DAL22 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 18, 14, 9, 12, 5, 13, 4, 21DAL21 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Mark BryantPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 13, 15, 12, 6, 11, 7, 8, 30HOU30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Sam MackPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 7, 15, 8, 4, 13, 6, 11, 21HOU21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Charlotte by 37, the widest margin of 8 games.

DAL over HOU3BOS over MIN5SAS over NYK6IND over WSB6PHI over TOR9LAL over MIA11UTA over MIL16SEA over CHH37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Reggie Miller 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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 8, 27, 20, 25, 23, 12, 18, 35IND @ WSB · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 23, 14, 13, 11, 12, 15, 12, 33MIN vs BOS · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 19, 24, 21, 13, 20, 19, 20, 31MIL @ UTA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Mark BryantPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 13, 15, 12, 6, 11, 7, 8, 30HOU @ DAL · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 17, 25, 26, 19, 27, 20, 21, 29WSB vs IND · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 24, 10, 9, 14, 33, 31, 19, 29MIN vs BOS · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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+9.3 20.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+7.7 23.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+7.3 20.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.9 16.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU+6.6 33.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−8.2 13.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Scottie PippenCHI−7.4 12.9 last 10 · 20.3 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−6.9 8.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.7 4.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dennis ScottORL−6.1 11.7 last 10 · 17.8 season