FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 4, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NJN by 13 after three quarters and won 123–118.

Final
CLE88
ATL93
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SAS98
CHH105
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +7
Final
LAL102
DAL92
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +10
Final
MIA108
DET99
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS95
IND98
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +3
Final
HOU113
LAC109
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIL86
NYK93
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +7
Final
WSB107
PHI106
Q1 WSB -3; Q2 WSB +2; Q3 WSB +2; Q4 WSB +1
Final
NJN118
POR123
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -13; Q4 POR +5
Final
ORL101
SEA89
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +12
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 4, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS @ DEN), 28 points.
The lead · NJN @ POR

Portland rallies from 13 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 13 after three, Portland outscored the Nets 33–15 the rest of the way. Final: 123–118. Kenny Anderson led Portland with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+2-13+5POR AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN36313615118
POR39302133123
Who led
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 13, 13, 16, 20, 12, 19, 30, 20, 28POR28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 11, 18, 16, 4, 9, 20, 13, 28POR28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 30, 15, 8, 18, 9, 8, 20, 26NJN26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 18, 14, 17, 20, 23, 10, 24, 25NJN25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 12.

WSB over PHI1IND over BOS3HOU over LAC4ATL over CLE5POR over NJN5CHH over SAS7NYK over MIL7MIA over DET9LAL over DAL10ORL over SEA12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
14.2Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel 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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 9, 17, 9, 2, 31, 4, 11, 37LAL @ DAL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 19, 12, 26, 14, 22, 20, 27, 29IND vs BOS · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 29, 35, 16, 14, 16, 29, 11, 28MIA @ DET · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 16 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 13, 13, 16, 20, 12, 19, 30, 20, 28POR vs NJN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 11, 18, 16, 4, 9, 20, 13, 28POR vs NJN · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 22, 17, 29, 18, 20, 17, 26ORL @ SEA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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 23.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Michael FinleyDAL+7.5 21.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.4 24.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.2 12.6 last 10 · 6.4 season
Vinny Del NegroSAS+6.1 17.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−6.9 10.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Shawn KempSEA−6.2 13.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
George McCloudLAL−4.8 7.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season