FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 20, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed GSW by 11 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
LAL89
CLE76
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +13
Final
WSB90
HOU96
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +6
Final
POR97
MIL78
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +19
Final
GSW95
ORL100
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
SAS106
PHX113
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DEN97
SEA123
Q1 SEA +20; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +29; Q4 SEA +26
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 20, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Anfernee Hardaway (ORL @ BOS), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ ORL

Orlando rallies from 11 down to beat Golden State

Trailing by 11 at the half, Orlando outscored the Warriors 55–39 the rest of the way. Final: 100–95. Rony Seikaly led Orlando with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-110+5ORL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2630192095
ORL30153025100
Who led
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 18, 12, 6, 11, 21, 16, 10, 28ORL28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 17, 8, 9, 14, 6, 14, 12, 21ORL21 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 12, 16, 12, 0, 20, 19, 18, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 20, 41, 37, 12, 16, 20, 27, 22GSW22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 24.9 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · SAS @ PHX

San Antonio's skid reaches three

Phoenix won 113–106; the Spurs fall to 16–50. Danny Manning led Phoenix with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
L@ MIA72–79L@ CHH98–105L@ CHI69–111W@ TOR106–103W@ IND102–98Lvs HOU79–103Wvs BOS103–92L@ DEN105–121Lvs WSB85–109L@ PHX106–113SAS: last 10 games through Mar 20, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Rony Seikaly leads the day with 28

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.
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 18, 12, 6, 11, 21, 16, 10, 28ORL vs GSW · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 13, 9, 12, 11, 15, 13, 13, 27CLE vs LAL · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 31, 23, 12, 17, 32, 20, 14, 26HOU vs WSB · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 25, 11, 25, 27, 21, 18, 25, 26MIL vs POR · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Cory AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 6, 18, 3, 6, 22, 18, 24, 26SAS @ PHX · L
6.1 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 12, 16, 11, 10, 15, 6, 18, 26PHX vs SAS · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 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
Marcus CambyTOR+8.1 22.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 20.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kevin WillisHOU+6.4 17.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ike AustinMIA+6.1 15.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−9.1 2.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dale EllisDEN−5.3 10.9 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