FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 29, 1997Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAC by 3 at halftime and won 88–74.

Final
SAC74
ATL88
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +14
Final
NJN101
CHI111
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +10
Final
DEN105
HOU120
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final
UTA115
SAS102
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +13
Final
DAL87
WSB94
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB +3; Q3 WSB +6; Q4 WSB +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 29, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA vs WSB), 50 points.
The lead · SAC @ ATL

Sacramento's skid reaches four

Atlanta won 88–74; the Kings fall to 29–43. Christian Laettner led Atlanta with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+14-3+5+14ATL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1629121774
ATL3012202688
Who led
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 22, 27, 18, 18, 15, 17, 11, 24ATL24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 20, 38, 23, 10, 17, 27, 19, 23ATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 8, 9, 11, 12, 9, 12, 17, 15SAC15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 8, 10, 19, 17, 12, 15, 7, 13SAC13 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.5Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.5 in 66 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DAL @ WSB

Washington keeps rolling, beats Dallas

That is four in a row. Final: 94–87. Rod Strickland led Washington with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · WSB
Wvs VAN104–82W@ MIL105–96Lvs UTA93–100W@ SAS109–85W@ DAL86–85L@ HOU90–96Wvs POR108–104Wvs BOS105–92Wvs TOR113–86Wvs DAL94–87WSB: last 10 games through Mar 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 45

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: 12, 17, 32, 20, 14, 26, 39, 39, 23, 45HOU vs DEN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 38, 32, 37, 32, 20, 35, 31, 33UTA @ SAS · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 7, 20, 8, 15, 5, 28, 29, 33NJN @ CHI · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 21, 17, 11, 18, 26, 13, 16, 31CHI vs NJN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 28, 23, 13, 28, 30, 15, 12, 29NJN @ CHI · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 20, 9, 12, 31, 9, 4, 13, 26SAS vs UTA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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+7.3 22.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+7.1 20.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Rik SmitsIND+5.6 21.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−7.7 3.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Michael JordanCHI−5.4 24.5 last 10 · 29.9 season
Tom GugliottaMIN−4.7 16.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Todd DayBOS−4.7 9.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.7 7.8 last 10 · 12.5 season