FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 2, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 100–94.

Final
GSW83
CHH112
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +18; Q3 CHH +21; Q4 CHH +29
Final
DAL94
DET100
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +6
Final
SAS116
SAC95
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +21
Final
LAL86
WAS96
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +10
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 2, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ MIN), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ DET

Grant Hill goes for 35 in Detroit win over Dallas

Detroit won 100–94.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-7-50+6DET AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2918252294
DET22203028100
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 20, 16, 5, 28, 27, 12, 19, 35DET35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 8, 13, 14, 15, 6, 10, 9, 20DET20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 4, 0, 4, 8, 13, 9, 21, 21DAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 31, 22, 10, 8, 16, 31, 27, 21DAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ WAS

Washington handles Lakers by 10

The Wizards won the second quarter 25–19. Final: 96–86. Chris Webber led Washington with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over DAL6WAS over LAL10SAS over SAC21CHH over GSW29Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 35

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 20, 16, 5, 28, 27, 12, 19, 35DET vs DAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 18, 14, 20, 23, 36, 26, 17, 31WAS vs LAL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 28, 26, 29, 17, 28, 24, 27, 29SAS @ SAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 10, 2, 22, 17, 22, 20, 12, 29CHH vs GSW · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 44, 18, 30, 19, 20, 21, 24, 35, 19, 28LAL @ WAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 11, 15, 10, 10, 18, 11, 18, 24GSW @ CHH · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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
Tracy MurrayWAS+8.0 23.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.8 26.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Calbert CheaneyWAS+6.5 20.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.5 24.4 last 10 · 17.9 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
Bimbo ColesGSW−4.7 3.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season