FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 5, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed HOU by 2 at halftime and won 117–93.

Final
LAC109
DAL119
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +10
Final
MIA117
HOU93
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +24
Final
DEN87
MIL104
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +17
Final
DET93
PHX102
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +9
Final
NYK90
WAS103
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +23; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +13
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 5, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Patrick Ewing (NYK @ TOR), 36 points.
The lead · MIA @ HOU

Miami rolls past Houston, 117–93

The Rockets were held to 20 points in the third quarter. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-2+11+24MIA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA24273333117
HOU2330202093
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 21, 24, 18, 20, 7, 8, 20, 25MIA25 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28, 6, 20, 15MIA15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 14, 11, 7, 16, 15, 10, 2, 18HOU18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 12, 15, 8, 20, 15, 10, 21, 15HOU15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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
10.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DET @ PHX

Phoenix leads Detroit wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 102–93. Best quarter: the third, 28–19. Clifford Robinson led Phoenix with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over DET9DAL over LAC10WAS over NYK13MIL over DEN17MIA over HOU24Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over DET.
Top performances

Calbert Cheaney leads the day with 27

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.
Calbert CheaneyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 16, 18, 30, 16, 15, 14, 21, 27WAS vs NYK · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 14, 20, 23, 36, 26, 17, 31, 26WAS vs NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 24, 25, 17, 20, 19, 26, 17, 26MIL vs DEN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 21, 24, 18, 20, 7, 8, 20, 25MIA @ HOU · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Martin MuurseppPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 2, 2, 7, 2, 2, 2, 2, 24DAL vs LAC · W
4.0 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 18, 15, 11, 24, 9, 15, 17, 24LAC @ DAL · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Tim DuncanSAS+7.4 27.3 last 10 · 19.9 season
Calbert CheaneyWAS+7.2 20.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.4 24.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Alan HendersonATL+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 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−5.9 7.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−4.7 3.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season