FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 28, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed VAN by 3 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final
ATL80
CHI111
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +25; Q3 CHI +32; Q4 CHI +31
Final
CLE83
LAC81
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +2
Final
GSW89
POR94
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +5
Final
DEN92
VAN88
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +4
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 @ VAN

Vancouver's skid reaches twenty

Denver won 92–88; the Grizzlies fall to 11–57. Antonio McDyess led Denver with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30+2+4DEN AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2328182392
VAN2625162188
Who led
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 22, 20, 32, 20, 8, 15, 23, 18DEN18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 5, 11, 5, 9, 4, 10, 19, 17DEN17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 14, 26, 15, 20, 19, 10, 22, 21VAN21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Blue EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 12, 20, 9, 5, 15, 16, 8, 17VAN17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ LAC

Cleveland leads Clippers wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 83–81. Best quarter: the third, 26–22. Bobby Phills led Cleveland with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over LAC2DEN over VAN4POR over GSW5CHI over ATL31Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 67 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 27

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 17, 31, 17, 16, 21, 27, 30, 27GSW @ POR · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 23, 25, 23, 15, 9, 14, 18, 26POR vs GSW · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 16, 24, 18, 21, 18, 12, 23, 24CHI vs ATL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 14, 26, 15, 20, 19, 10, 22, 21VAN vs DEN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 2, 12, 12, 10, 3, 3, 12, 20LAC vs CLE · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 22, 20, 32, 20, 8, 15, 23, 18DEN @ VAN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 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+9.3 20.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+7.7 23.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+7.7 20.9 last 10 · 13.2 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−7.0 13.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.7 4.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Greg AnthonyVAN−6.6 8.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Dennis ScottORL−6.1 11.7 last 10 · 17.8 season