FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 1, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIL by 10 at halftime and won 103–92.

Final
BOS81
CLE99
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +18
Final
DAL80
HOU89
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +9
Final
SAC103
MIL92
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +11
Final
GSW108
WSB118
Q1 WSB +2; Q2 WSB +11; Q3 WSB +21; Q4 WSB +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Mar 1, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: George McCloud (DAL @ VAN), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIL

Billy Owens scores 31, Sacramento rallies past Milwaukee

Sacramento trailed by 10 at the half and won 103–92.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-10+1+11SAC AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC27202432103
MIL2433132292
Who led
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 12, 15, 17, 8, 6, 20, 20, 31SAC31 PTS · 17 REB · 9 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 41, 19, 20, 25, 32, 38, 4, 28SAC28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 21, 15, 29, 27, 23, 17, 15, 20MIL20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 37, 14, 12, 13, 21, 25, 22, 20, 18MIL18 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DAL @ HOU

Houston handles Dallas by 9

The Rockets won the fourth quarter 25–18. Final: 89–80. Kevin Willis led Houston with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DAL9WSB over GSW10SAC over MIL11CLE over BOS18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.2Season avg26.6Last 3

26.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell 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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 20, 41, 17, 18, 18, 19, 37, 40GSW @ WSB · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 12, 15, 17, 8, 6, 20, 20, 31SAC @ MIL · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 17 REB · 9 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 41, 19, 20, 25, 32, 38, 4, 28SAC @ MIL · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 31, 12, 20, 13, 12, 4, 11, 26HOU vs DAL · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 17, 20, 25, 25, 9, 28, 26, 25WSB vs GSW · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 20, 13, 9, 17, 19, 9, 24, 23WSB vs GSW · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 10 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
Elden CampbellLAL+10.8 24.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.9 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Dean GarrettMIN+5.9 12.1 last 10 · 6.2 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.9 24.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Vinny Del NegroSAS+5.5 17.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−6.5 10.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.5 14.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Shawn KempSEA−4.9 15.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
George McCloudLAL−4.9 7.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−4.5 18.7 last 10 · 23.2 season