FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 9, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed VAN by 5 after three quarters and won 90–84.

Final
LAL91
DEN98
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +7
Final
VAN84
HOU90
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +6
Final
TOR102
MIL96
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DET111
NJN94
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +17
Final
BOS93
NYK97
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +4
Final
POR98
PHX91
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +7
Final
DAL86
SAC95
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +9
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 @ HOU

Houston handles Vancouver by 6

The Rockets won the fourth quarter 29–18. Final: 90–84. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+5+8-5+6HOU AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN1719301884
HOU2222172990
Who led
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 29, 23, 34, 20, 42, 38, 26, 46, 20HOU20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Eldridge RecasnerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 12, 6, 3, 13, 13, 17, 7, 20HOU20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Eric MurdockPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 5, 7, 5, 3, 11, 14, 7, 19VAN19 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Byron ScottPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 10, 17, 8, 6, 10, 8, 10, 17VAN17 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · DAL @ SAC

Sacramento beats Dallas, 95–86

Sacramento led 69–63 after three and won by 9. Brian Grant led Sacramento with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over BOS4HOU over VAN6TOR over MIL6DEN over LAL7POR over PHX7SAC over DAL9DET over NJN17Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DAL.
Top performances

George McCloud leads the day with 37

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.
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 7, 5, 30, 13, 26, 19, 22, 37DAL @ SAC · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 14, 11, 19, 17, 31, 12, 26, 27PHX vs POR · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 20, 30, 21, 5, 24, 17, 14, 26NYK vs BOS · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 20, 6, 6, 19, 25, 18, 9, 25MIL vs TOR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Alvin RobertsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 8, 0, 4, 2, 2, 6, 5, 25TOR @ MIL · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 21, 16, 6, 12, 5, 13, 10, 25NJN vs DET · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Kevin GarnettMIN+8.0 18.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Mark BryantHOU+7.4 16.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Chris GatlingMIA+7.4 18.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Toni KukocCHI+7.3 20.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
David WesleyBOS+6.9 18.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−8.2 13.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Armen GilliamNJN−7.4 11.1 last 10 · 18.5 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.9 3.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Dennis ScottORL−6.1 11.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season