FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 17, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHX by 9 at halftime and won 103–102.

Final
IND93
DET102
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +9
Final
GSW109
MIN103
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +6
Final
TOR95
NJN107
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +12
Final
MIA86
PHI90
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +4
Final
PHX102
SAC103
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +1
Final
POR90
SEA96
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +6
Final
BOS121
WSB106
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +15
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 · PHX @ SAC

Mitch Richmond scores 32, Sacramento holds off Phoenix

Final: 103–102. Mitch Richmond added 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9-2+1SAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX32222325102
SAC28173028103
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 28, 27, 18, 6, 12, 30, 17, 32SAC32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tyus EdneyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 10, 15, 9, 7, 12, 12, 3, 18SAC18 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 6, 16, 14, 4, 5, 15, 10, 22PHX22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 31, 12, 26, 27, 14, 26, 20, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 78 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · POR @ SEA

Seattle beats Portland, 96–90

Seattle led 78–64 after three and won by 6. Hersey Hawkins led Seattle with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over PHX1PHI over MIA4GSW over MIN6SEA over POR6DET over IND9NJN over TOR12BOS over WSB15Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over POR.
Top performances

Juwan Howard leads the day with 40

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.
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 23, 25, 25, 26, 26, 29, 28, 40WSB vs BOS · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 28, 27, 18, 6, 12, 30, 17, 32SAC vs PHX · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 3, 23, 8, 12, 38, 41, 16, 18, 10, 31PHI vs MIA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 17, 13, 26, 23, 17, 13, 27, 31DET vs IND · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 7, 17, 22, 30, 25, 28, 14, 30, 31GSW @ MIN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 6, 12, 14, 6, 9, 14, 6, 30NJN vs TOR · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 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
Brent PriceWSB+6.9 16.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Juwan HowardWSB+5.6 27.4 last 10 · 21.8 season
Mark BryantHOU+5.5 14.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Armen GilliamNJN−7.3 10.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.7 3.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−6.4 15.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Elliot PerryPHX−6.0 2.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season