FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 25, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DAL by 7 after three quarters and won 94–92.

Final
POR89
ATL96
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +7
Final
DAL92
CHI94
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +2
Final
SEA126
GSW89
Q1 SEA +18; Q2 SEA +34; Q3 SEA +40; Q4 SEA +37
Final
MIN103
HOU112
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final · OT
VAN104
LAC110
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +6
Final
SAC103
ORL114
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +11
Final
MIL112
PHX117
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +5
Final
CLE59
SAS64
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +5
Final
IND98
TOR84
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +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 25, 1996: 3 games. Top scorer: Sean Elliott (SAS @ NJN), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge Dallas

Down 7 after three, Chicago won the fourth 23–14. Final: 94–92. Steve Kerr led Chicago with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30-7+2CHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2428261492
CHI2131192394
Who led
Steve KerrPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 12, 9, 13, 6, 13, 15, 15, 20CHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 36, 32, 23, 36, 10, 32, 36, 23, 20CHI20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 23, 27, 26, 14, 18, 9, 22, 28DAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 6, 31, 11, 17, 12, 17, 13, 17DAL17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ PHX

Phoenix makes it three straight

Phoenix beat Milwaukee 117–112 and moved to 30–39. Kevin Johnson led Phoenix with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Streak strip · PHX
Wvs SAC104–87Wvs ORL121–85Lvs TOR101–105W@ LAC112–96Wvs DAL101–76W@ GSW116–95Lvs LAC111–121Wvs SAS113–106W@ HOU104–99Wvs MIL117–112PHX: last 10 games through Mar 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 23.7 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 39

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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 12, 17, 32, 20, 14, 26, 39, 39HOU vs MIN · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 29, 26, 26, 29, 29, 28, 25, 34SAC @ ORL · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 5, 26, 16, 9, 21, 7, 7, 32MIL @ PHX · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 31, 27, 14, 35, 20, 27, 21, 30ORL vs SAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 12, 12, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 30VAN @ LAC · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 14, 23, 23, 19, 37, 24, 21, 28PHX vs MIL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 10 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+8.8 23.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+6.5 19.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.2 20.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rodney RogersLAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kevin WillisHOU+5.9 17.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−8.1 2.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−6.5 14.8 last 10 · 21.3 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−4.1 8.3 last 10 · 12.4 season