FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 8, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 90–82.

Final
MIL90
CLE82
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +8
Final
SAS102
IND98
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +4
Final
DET91
LAC85
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +6
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 8, 1996: 12 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS vs NJN), 44 points.
The lead · MIL @ CLE

Milwaukee turns it around against Cleveland

From 9 down after one to an 8-point win: 90–82. Vin Baker led Milwaukee with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-90+9+8MIL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1727232390
CLE2618142482
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 23, 17, 15, 20, 16, 25, 11, 25MIL25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 25, 22, 20, 18, 23, 19, 26, 20MIL20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 4, 11, 23, 19, 14, 12, 17, 25CLE25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 11, 18, 13, 10, 6, 18, 6, 19CLE19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DET @ LAC

Detroit beats Clippers, 91–85

Detroit led 64–62 after three and won by 6. Joe Dumars led Detroit with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over IND4DET over LAC6MIL over CLE8Final margin, points. Pink = DET over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Avery Johnson leads the day with 26

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.
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 16, 6, 2, 4, 4, 4, 26SAS @ IND · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 23, 17, 15, 20, 16, 25, 11, 25MIL @ CLE · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 4, 11, 23, 19, 14, 12, 17, 25CLE vs MIL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 14, 14, 21, 15, 11, 13, 22, 25IND vs SAS · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 13, 20, 22, 18, 25, 23, 28, 23LAC vs DET · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 12, 19, 17, 22, 21, 13, 18, 23DET @ LAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+8.7 22.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 20.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.3 24.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Carl HerreraSAS+6.1 13.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Glen RiceCHH+6.1 32.5 last 10 · 26.4 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.1 13.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
George McCloudLAL−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dale EllisDEN−5.8 10.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.9 16.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season