FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 19, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 10 after three quarters and won 93–91.

Final
IND95
ATL107
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +12
Final
UTA113
BOS100
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +13
Final
CLE72
CHH90
Q1 CHH +14; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +18
Final
TOR99
DET97
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SAC98
LAC108
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +10
Final · OT
GSW91
MIA93
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -10; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
VAN72
MIN95
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +23
Final
NYK111
PHI100
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +11
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 19, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: B.J. Armstrong (GSW @ HOU), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIA

Miami needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 84–84 after regulation. Miami won the final period 9–7 for a 93–91 win. Jamal Mashburn led Miami with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-4-100+2MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW25251915791
MIA20261325993
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 18, 19, 23, 0, 10, 11, 9, 29MIA29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 18, 11, 3, 9, 19, 14, 15, 19MIA19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 21, 20, 41, 37, 12, 16, 20, 27GSW27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mark PricePoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 14, 15, 10, 8, 18, 21, 2, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35.5Today

35 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Minnesota by 23.

TOR over DET2MIA over GSW2LAC over SAC10NYK over PHI11ATL over IND12UTA over BOS13CHH over CLE18MIN over VAN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 32

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: 41, 20, 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32, 37, 32UTA @ BOS · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 17, 36, 39, 32, 12, 11, 22, 30NYK @ PHI · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 18, 19, 23, 0, 10, 11, 9, 29MIA vs GSW · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 34, 32, 22, 29, 26, 26, 29, 29SAC @ LAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 21, 13, 23, 23, 27, 20, 36, 28TOR @ DET · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 21, 20, 41, 37, 12, 16, 20, 27GSW @ MIA · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
Marcus CambyTOR+8.1 22.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 20.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.2 19.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Ike AustinMIA+6.1 15.9 last 10 · 9.8 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
Tom GugliottaMIN−5.1 16.3 last 10 · 21.4 season
Henry JamesATL−4.7 2.7 last 10 · 7.4 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season