FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 5, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DEN by 8 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final
SAS69
CHI111
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +28; Q4 CHI +42
Final
IND78
CLE85
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +7
Final
HOU90
GSW85
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +5
Final
DET92
MIN88
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +4
Final
POR121
PHX99
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +22
Final
DEN100
SAC105
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +5
Final
NYK100
TOR94
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DAL65
UTA96
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +31
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 5, 1996: 11 games. Top scorer: Charles Barkley (PHX vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Mitch Richmond scores 34 in Sacramento win over Denver

Final: 105–100. Mitch Richmond added 6 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+11+3+5SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN22143430100
SAC14332632105
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 20, 25, 32, 38, 4, 28, 19, 34SAC34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 17, 8, 6, 20, 20, 31, 7, 15SAC15 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 14, 11, 23, 19, 9, 17, 11, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 25, 17, 11, 10, 13, 32, 33, 19DEN19 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
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
7.2Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat San Antonio by 42, the widest margin of 8 games.

DET over MIN4HOU over GSW5SAC over DEN5NYK over TOR6CLE over IND7POR over PHX22UTA over DAL31CHI over SAS42Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Patrick Ewing leads the day with 36

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.
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 7, 34, 28, 27, 22, 18, 17, 36NYK @ TOR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 20, 25, 32, 38, 4, 28, 19, 34SAC vs DEN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 25, 9, 21, 25, 22, 16, 22, 31HOU @ GSW · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 16, 20, 12, 19, 30, 20, 28, 26POR @ PHX · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 17, 18, 18, 19, 37, 40, 21, 26GSW vs HOU · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 12, 26, 14, 22, 20, 27, 29, 25IND @ CLE · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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+6.7 20.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.4 24.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.0 21.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carl HerreraSAS+5.7 12.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.2 13.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Dale EllisDEN−6.0 10.8 last 10 · 16.8 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