FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 18, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–89.

Final · OT
SEA87
CHI89
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
WSB86
DAL85
Q1 WSB -3; Q2 WSB -4; Q3 WSB +4; Q4 WSB +1
Final
MIN97
IND115
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +18
Final
HOU97
NJN89
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +8
Final
VAN73
NYK98
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +25
Final
LAC121
PHX111
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +10
Final
SAC87
POR92
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +5
Final
PHI105
TOR117
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +12
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 18, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Tracy Murray (TOR vs DEN), 40 points.
The lead · HOU @ NJN

Houston climbs back to beat New Jersey

New Jersey led by 8 after one. Houston won it 97–89. Clyde Drexler led Houston with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8+6-1+8HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1829183297
NJN2615252389
Who led
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 17, 39, 20, 21, 12, 16, 12, 23HOU23 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 7, 8, 15, 17, 6, 16, 6, 16HOU16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 19, 14, 11, 14, 15, 20, 7, 20NJN20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 13, 22, 25, 21, 22, 14, 17, 20NJN20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 48 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 56 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · WSB @ DAL

Washington holds off Dallas, 86–85

Washington led 64–60 after three and held on to win by one. Chris Webber led Washington with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WSB over DAL1CHI over SEA2POR over SAC5HOU over NJN8LAC over PHX10TOR over PHI12IND over MIN18NYK over VAN25Final margin, points. Pink = WSB over DAL.
Top performances

Kevin Johnson leads the day with 37

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.
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 17, 21, 19, 14, 23, 23, 19, 37PHX vs LAC · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 24, 21, 13, 23, 23, 27, 20, 36TOR vs PHI · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 16, 38, 36, 32, 23, 36, 10, 32CHI vs SEA · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 22, 25, 14, 22, 31, 18, 25, 30TOR vs PHI · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 4, 28, 19, 34, 32, 22, 29, 26, 26, 29SAC @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 29, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 20, 27IND vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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
Ike AustinMIA+7.2 17.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Marcus CambyTOR+6.8 21.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 20.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.2 19.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kevin WillisHOU+5.8 17.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.8 2.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dale EllisDEN−6.9 9.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Henry JamesATL−4.9 2.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−4.5 17.0 last 10 · 21.5 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season