FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 1, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 8 at halftime and won 85–84.

Final
POR101
BOS102
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +1
Final
GSW82
CLE102
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +20
Final
UTA106
HOU100
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
DEN63
IND90
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +27
Final
NJN84
MIA85
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +1
Final · 2OT
DET113
MIN115
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +2
Final
LAL89
NYK101
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +12
Final
PHX87
SEA89
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +2
Final
ATL101
VAN76
Q1 ATL +21; Q2 ATL +23; Q3 ATL +32; Q4 ATL +25
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 · 1996–97Mar 1, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ WSB), 40 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIA

Miami climbs back to beat New Jersey

New Jersey led by 8 at the half. Miami won it 85–84. Voshon Lenard led Miami with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 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 Q3Final0-7-80+1MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2624151984
MIA1923232085
Who led
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 25, 26, 12, 8, 16, 20, 12, 19, 27MIA27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 10, 9, 16, 20, 10, 2, 17, 20MIA20 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 22, 16, 9, 13, 16, 13, 22NJN22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 19, 20, 13, 24, 29, 15, 16, 17NJN17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 27.

BOS over POR1MIA over NJN1MIN over DET2SEA over PHX2UTA over HOU6NYK over LAL12CLE over GSW20ATL over VAN25IND over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 55 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 32

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 34, 21, 13, 34, 9, 25, 19, 32NYK vs LAL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 30, 20, 27, 20, 13, 16, 26, 28CLE vs GSW · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 5, 21, 19, 18, 14, 10, 5, 28DET @ MIN · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 25, 26, 12, 8, 16, 20, 12, 19, 27MIA vs NJN · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 14, 19, 25, 14, 25, 13, 17, 26MIN vs DET · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 13, 4, 27, 13, 24, 16, 15, 26MIN vs DET · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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
Nick AndersonORL+11.0 22.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+7.5 26.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+7.4 22.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Rod StricklandWAS+7.1 25.0 last 10 · 17.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK+6.2 23.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Joe SmithPHI−5.6 10.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Steve NashPHX−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.7 10.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season