FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 23, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by NJN (vs BOS) and MIA (vs MIN).

Final
NJN100
BOS91
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +9
Final
UTA120
DEN103
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +17
Final
SAS91
LAC106
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +15
Final
MIA113
MIN108
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +5
Final
POR94
NYK88
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +6
Final
LAL84
ORL110
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +28; Q3 ORL +30; Q4 ORL +26
Final
ATL90
TOR79
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +11
Final
SEA106
VAN92
Q1 SEA +15; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +14
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 23, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs MIN), 46 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIN

Miami fights back from 8 down against Minnesota

Final: 113–108, after trailing by 8 after one. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-8-3-8+5MIA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA24341837113
MIN32292324108
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 45, 31, 29, 19, 31, 14, 21, 22MIA22 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 6, 4, 9, 17, 18, 8, 25, 22MIA22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 24, 11, 20, 14, 12, 9, 14, 27MIN27 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 30, 8, 13, 13, 10, 18, 15, 15, 18, 25MIN25 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg47.0Today

47 minutes today, against 30.5 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Lakers by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIA over MIN5POR over NYK6NJN over BOS9ATL over TOR11SEA over VAN14LAC over SAS15UTA over DEN17ORL over LAL26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Marcus Camby 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.
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 23, 23, 27, 20, 36, 28, 16, 37TOR vs ATL · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 36, 39, 32, 12, 11, 22, 30, 25, 35NYK vs POR · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 41, 36, 24, 27, 38, 32, 37, 32, 20, 35UTA @ DEN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 16, 29, 20, 16, 14, 11, 13, 31SEA @ VAN · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 19, 23, 10, 28, 23, 13, 28, 30NJN @ BOS · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Malik SealyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 16, 11, 13, 5, 15, 27, 19, 30LAC vs SAS · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 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
Marcus CambyTOR+9.4 24.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Sam CassellNJN+6.6 22.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.1 19.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Rodney RogersLAC+5.6 18.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−7.5 3.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−4.9 16.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Popeye JonesTOR−4.4 3.3 last 10 · 7.7 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.0 8.5 last 10 · 12.5 season