FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 30, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAC by 13 at halftime and won 103–96.

Final
DAL80
CLE84
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIL97
DEN99
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +2
Final
PHI96
DET92
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -8; Q4 PHI +4
Final
MIN113
GSW102
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +11
Final · OT
LAC96
IND103
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +7
Final
NYK101
ORL86
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +15
Final
SEA106
PHX107
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +1
Final
MIA97
TOR102
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +5
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 30, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (WSB vs PHI), 32 points.
The lead · LAC @ IND

Rik Smits scores 40 as Indiana beats Clippers

Indiana won 103–96. Rik Smits: 40 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-13-30+7IND AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC29261719596
IND2220272212103
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 24, 21, 14, 20, 28, 18, 27, 40IND40 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 20, 27, 18, 18, 24, 16, 39, 28IND28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Malik SealyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 15, 27, 19, 30, 22, 6, 6, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 12, 16, 15, 10, 10, 14, 16LAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 15.

PHX over SEA1DEN over MIL2CLE over DAL4PHI over DET4TOR over MIA5IND over LAC7MIN over GSW11NYK over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Rik Smits leads the day with 40

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.
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 24, 21, 14, 20, 28, 18, 27, 40IND vs LAC · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 30, 9, 29, 11, 15, 18, 14, 35TOR vs MIA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 11, 22, 30, 25, 35, 27, 18, 33NYK @ ORL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 9, 16, 15, 14, 15, 17, 33MIN @ GSW · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 15, 15, 18, 25, 13, 25, 13, 31MIN @ GSW · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 23, 23, 22, 15, 17, 22, 20, 31SEA @ PHX · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+7.2 22.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+7.1 20.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Hersey HawkinsSEA+6.8 20.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rik SmitsIND+6.5 23.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX+6.1 25.7 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
George McCloudLAL−7.7 3.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Michael JordanCHI−5.4 24.5 last 10 · 29.9 season
Latrell SprewellGSW−4.9 20.2 last 10 · 25.1 season
Todd DayBOS−4.7 9.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season