FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 3, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed VAN by 8 after the first quarter and won 111–103.

Final
DEN90
CHI118
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +28
Final
LAC97
HOU107
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +10
Final · OT
SEA97
MIA91
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +6
Final
DAL110
MIN99
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +11
Final
NJN91
NYK94
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +3
Final
PHX93
POR98
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final
UTA108
TOR93
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +15
Final
IND111
VAN103
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +8
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 3, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ GSW), 41 points.
The lead · IND @ VAN

Indiana fights back from 8 down against Vancouver

Final: 111–103, after trailing by 8 after one. Rik Smits led Indiana with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-80+8+8IND AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND22312731111
VAN30231931103
Who led
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 10, 9, 27, 18, 19, 12, 23, 26IND26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 6, 10, 0, 6, 6, 12, 7, 22IND22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 21, 25, 18, 22, 26, 11, 10, 27VAN27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 22, 22, 14, 9, 31, 29, 16, 21VAN21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
21.81996–97 avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 1996–97 (74 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Denver by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

NYK over NJN3POR over PHX5SEA over MIA6IND over VAN8HOU over LAC10DAL over MIN11UTA over TOR15CHI over DEN28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Isaiah Rider leads the day with 33

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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 31, 24, 26, 14, 22, 11, 24, 33POR vs PHX · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 21, 27, 16, 19, 17, 33, 28, 30CHI vs DEN · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 10, 34, 12, 11, 13, 19, 17, 27LAC @ HOU · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 21, 25, 18, 22, 26, 11, 10, 27VAN vs IND · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 15, 21, 7, 12, 27, 15, 13, 26TOR vs UTA · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 10, 9, 27, 18, 19, 12, 23, 26IND @ VAN · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Brent BarryMIA−5.1 8.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Steve NashPHX−4.7 4.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−4.7 3.3 last 10 · 8.0 season