FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 21, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed NJN by 10 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final
DAL72
ATL93
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +21
Final
ORL104
BOS99
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +5
Final
MIN98
DET112
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +14
Final
CHI117
IND98
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +19
Final
LAL97
MIA98
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +1
Final
NJN110
PHI112
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +2
Final · OT
SAS110
SAC114
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
CHH102
TOR97
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +5
Final
DEN101
VAN108
Q1 VAN +5; Q2 VAN +13; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN +7
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 21, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs NYK), 36 points.
The lead · NJN @ PHI

Jerry Stackhouse scores 31, Philadelphia rallies past New Jersey

Philadelphia trailed by 10 at the half and won 112–110.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-6-10-3+2PHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN33322124110
PHI27282829112
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 34, 19, 26, 17, 15, 14, 31PHI31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Scott WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 4, 0, 6, 16, 0, 11, 16, 20PHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 25, 21, 22, 14, 17, 20, 33NJN33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 26, 19, 23, 10, 28, 23, 13, 28NJN28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg35.3Today

35 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 21.

MIA over LAL1PHI over NJN2SAC over SAS4ORL over BOS5CHH over TOR5VAN over DEN7DET over MIN14CHI over IND19ATL over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 36

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 38, 36, 32, 23, 36, 10, 32, 36CHI @ IND · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 25, 21, 22, 14, 17, 20, 33NJN @ PHI · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 9, 24, 23, 16, 27, 13, 4, 31VAN vs DEN · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 34, 19, 26, 17, 15, 14, 31PHI vs NJN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 20, 19, 13, 22, 20, 9, 12, 31SAS @ SAC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 19, 20, 16, 10, 33, 26, 8, 29DEN @ VAN · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 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+8.5 23.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kevin WillisHOU+6.4 17.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Sam CassellNJN+6.3 21.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ike AustinMIA+5.3 15.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.4 2.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−5.1 16.3 last 10 · 21.4 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.7 7.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Walt WilliamsTOR−4.4 12.4 last 10 · 16.8 season