FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 4, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 90–83.

Final
UTA110
BOS94
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +16
Final
MIN102
CHH112
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +10
Final
TOR88
CLE122
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +36; Q4 CLE +34
Final
SAS83
GSW90
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +7
Final
IND95
LAL104
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +9
Final
SEA83
ORL96
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +13
Final
MIL80
PHI87
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +7
Final
DET89
SAC109
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +20
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 4, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (LAL @ DAL), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ GSW

Golden State upsets San Antonio

Golden State (12–46) beat San Antonio (40–18) 90–83. Jim Jackson led Golden State with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Tim Duncan scored 35 for San Antonio in the loss.

Game flow · GSW 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+6-7-2+7GSW AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1937141383
GSW2524192290
Who led
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 15, 10, 10, 18, 11, 18, 24, 26GSW26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 18, 28, 19, 17, 15, 10, 2, 17GSW17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 26, 29, 17, 28, 24, 27, 29, 35SAS35 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 28, 33, 23, 20, 10, 17, 22, 18SAS18 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Cleveland by 34.

GSW over SAS7PHI over MIL7LAL over IND9CHH over MIN10ORL over SEA13UTA over BOS16SAC over DET20CLE over TOR34Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Corliss Williamson 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.
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 8, 21, 9, 16, 30, 29, 12, 40SAC vs DET · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 18, 27, 16, 17, 25, 21, 25, 36BOS vs UTA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 26, 29, 17, 28, 24, 27, 29, 35SAS @ GSW · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 0, 28, 23, 4, 2, 14, 5, 13, 33CLE vs TOR · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 23, 25, 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32UTA @ BOS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 28, 14, 28, 28, 37, 30, 13, 31ORL vs SEA · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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+12.6 24.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+8.0 23.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+7.4 27.3 last 10 · 19.9 season
Calbert CheaneyWAS+6.5 20.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.5 24.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Joe SmithPHI−6.6 9.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Brent BarryMIA−5.1 8.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.1 10.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Steve NashPHX−4.7 4.8 last 10 · 9.5 season