FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 9, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
ATL114
BOS90
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL +33; Q3 ATL +27; Q4 ATL +24
Final
MIA76
CHH82
Q1 CHH +20; Q2 CHH +25; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +6
Final
HOU88
DAL83
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SAC98
GSW102
Q1 GSW -16; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +4
Final
NJN105
LAL115
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +10
Final
UTA115
MIN106
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +9
Final
CHI93
NYK97
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ORL85
PHX121
Q1 PHX -11; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +36
Final
SEA93
POR103
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +10
Final
VAN77
TOR81
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +4
Final
PHI99
WSB93
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +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 9, 1996: 2 games. Top scorer: Jim Jackson (DAL @ DET), 28 points.
The lead · SAC @ GSW

Golden State storms back from 16 down to beat Sacramento

The Warriors trailed by 16 after one and won 102–98. Latrell Sprewell led Golden State with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-10-2+4GSW AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3126221998
GSW15323025102
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 18, 19, 37, 40, 21, 26, 21, 20GSW20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mark PricePoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 11, 3, 5, 8, 18, 6, 14, 15GSW15 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 17, 14, 26, 5, 22, 9, 15, 24SAC24 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 32, 38, 4, 28, 19, 34, 32, 22SAC22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 59 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 58 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Suns rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Orlando by 36.

GSW over SAC4NYK over CHI4TOR over VAN4HOU over DAL5CHH over MIA6PHI over WSB6UTA over MIN9LAL over NJN10POR over SEA10ATL over BOS24PHX over ORL36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 33, 32, 30, 18, 41, 20, 41, 36UTA @ MIN · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 34, 37, 23, 35, 31, 16, 38, 36CHI @ NYK · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 22, 18, 17, 17, 28, 11, 17, 34LAL vs NJN · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 4, 26, 18, 27, 19, 18, 11, 33BOS vs ATL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 34, 28, 27, 22, 18, 17, 36, 39, 32NYK vs CHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 14, 16, 29, 11, 28, 16, 45, 31MIA @ CHH · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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+8.2 22.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ike AustinMIA+6.3 15.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Carl HerreraSAS+6.1 13.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.6 23.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.5 19.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−6.8 5.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shawn KempSEA−6.2 13.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Dale EllisDEN−5.8 10.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.6 16.7 last 10 · 21.3 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season