FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 3, 1997Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIL90
CHI108
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +18
Final
UTA111
GSW104
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +7
Final
NJN95
SAC108
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +13
Final
BOS107
TOR103
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +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
On this day · 1995–96Mar 3, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC vs WSB), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches three

Boston won 107–103; the Raptors fall to 20–38. Todd Day led Boston with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+13+5+4BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS34271630107
TOR28202431103
Who led
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 18, 27, 21, 19, 4, 26, 18, 27BOS27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 27, 14, 15, 9, 24, 20, 21, 21BOS21 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Carlos RogersPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 0, 18, 10, 8, 12, 19, 17, 17TOR17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 13, 19, 7, 14, 13, 32, 19, 16TOR16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ GSW

Utah leads Golden State wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 111–104. Best quarter: the fourth, 32–40. Karl Malone led Utah with 41 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over TOR4UTA over GSW7SAC over NJN13CHI over MIL18Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 41

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 37, 34, 32, 33, 32, 30, 18, 41UTA @ GSW · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 43, 30, 19, 24, 36, 34, 37, 23, 35, 31CHI vs MIL · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Chris MullinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 19, 10, 5, 24, 15, 15, 9, 28GSW vs UTA · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 18, 27, 21, 19, 4, 26, 18, 27BOS @ TOR · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 22, 47, 28, 22, 22, 14, 29, 25CHI vs MIL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 11, 18, 14, 17, 20, 23, 10, 24NJN @ SAC · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 6 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+9.0 22.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.7 20.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.4 24.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.2 12.6 last 10 · 6.4 season
Todd DayBOS+6.0 20.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−6.9 10.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.1 15.3 last 10 · 21.4 season
Shawn KempSEA−4.7 15.5 last 10 · 20.2 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−4.5 18.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season