FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 11, 1997Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHI by 6 after three quarters and won 104–100.

Final
UTA99
ATL106
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +7
Final
CHI117
BOS106
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +11
Final
VAN92
CHH98
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +6
Final
NYK83
DAL91
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +8
Final
ORL96
DEN91
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +5
Final
MIA108
MIL93
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +15
Final
PHI100
MIN104
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +4
Final
TOR105
PHX101
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
LAC105
POR109
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +4
Final
CLE88
SAC85
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +3
Final
HOU103
SAS79
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +24
Final
DET80
SEA93
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +13
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 11, 1996: 2 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs LAC), 31 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIN

Minnesota takes care of Philadelphia

A 4-point win, 104–100. Stephon Marbury led Minnesota with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-4-6+4MIN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI31242520100
MIN32192330104
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 7, 11, 20, 18, 14, 13, 21, 24MIN24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 18, 29, 22, 18, 23, 30, 8, 13MIN13 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 16, 28, 25, 16, 25, 15, 24, 34PHI34 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 22, 17, 19, 17, 23, 23, 20, 20PHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 24.

CLE over SAC3MIN over PHI4TOR over PHX4POR over LAC4ORL over DEN5CHH over VAN6ATL over UTA7DAL over NYK8CHI over BOS11SEA over DET13MIA over MIL15HOU over SAS24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 34

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 16, 28, 25, 16, 25, 15, 24, 34PHI @ MIN · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 37, 23, 35, 31, 16, 38, 36, 32CHI @ BOS · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 38, 4, 28, 19, 34, 32, 22, 29SAC vs CLE · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 29, 11, 28, 16, 45, 31, 29MIA @ MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 22, 14, 29, 25, 19, 24, 14, 27CHI @ BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 18, 20, 17, 26, 21, 21, 19, 27ORL @ DEN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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+8.2 22.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ike AustinMIA+7.6 17.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Loy VaughtLAC+6.0 20.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Sam CassellNJN+5.0 20.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−6.8 5.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shawn KempSEA−6.7 13.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dale EllisDEN−6.1 10.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Terrell BrandonCLE−4.8 14.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season