FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 16, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SEA by 1 after the first quarter and won 86–83.

Final
SEA83
DET86
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +3
Final
POR106
LAC94
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +12
Final · OT
TOR90
LAL98
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +8
Final
HOU80
MIA101
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +21
Final
IND98
MIL102
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +4
Final
BOS101
MIN119
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +18
Final
NJN89
NYK74
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +15
Final
VAN89
ORL100
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DAL89
SAC88
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +1
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 16, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ NJN), 37 points.
The lead · SEA @ DET

Detroit wins a tight one over Seattle

86–83. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Terry Mills led Detroit with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+20+3DET AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2123201983
DET2026182286
Who led
Terry MillsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 3, 0, 3, 13, 3, 5, 2, 25DET25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 22, 21, 13, 18, 23, 13, 19, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 16, 20, 26, 29, 10, 13, 18, 18SEA18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 32, 23, 24, 16, 16, 29, 20, 16SEA16 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Houston by 21.

DAL over SAC1DET over SEA3MIL over IND4LAL over TOR8ORL over VAN11POR over LAC12NJN over NYK15MIN over BOS18MIA over HOU21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Hardaway leads the day with 31

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.
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 11, 28, 16, 45, 31, 29, 19, 31MIA vs HOU · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 18, 23, 19, 26, 20, 10, 22, 30MIL vs IND · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 14, 20, 16, 0, 20, 10, 10, 29BOS @ MIN · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 17, 28, 11, 17, 34, 24, 22, 27LAL vs TOR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 38, 4, 28, 19, 34, 32, 22, 29, 26, 26SAC vs DAL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 19, 22, 17, 10, 11, 8, 21, 26MIN vs BOS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 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
Ike AustinMIA+7.2 17.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.1 20.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Sam CassellNJN+5.7 21.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Elden CampbellLAL+5.2 19.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tim HardawayMIA+5.0 25.5 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.7 2.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dale EllisDEN−6.2 10.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Henry JamesATL−5.2 2.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antonio DavisIND−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season