FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 6, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed VAN by 11 at halftime and won 98–96.

Final
DEN94
ATL115
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +21
Final
WAS98
BOS108
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
SEA98
CHH104
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +6
Final
IND101
GSW87
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAS84
LAL91
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +7
Final
TOR91
MIN113
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +22
Final
UTA122
NJN115
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +7
Final · OT
CLE89
ORL91
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +2
Final
NYK71
PHI80
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +9
Final
SAC98
VAN96
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -11; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +2
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 6, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs BOS), 48 points.
The lead · SAC @ VAN

Mitch Richmond scores 32, Sacramento rallies past Vancouver

Sacramento trailed by 11 at the half and won 98–96.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-11-5+2SAC AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2521292398
VAN2928231696
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 32, 14, 19, 23, 34, 21, 17, 32SAC32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 21, 9, 16, 30, 29, 12, 40, 23SAC23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 25, 18, 22, 26, 11, 10, 27, 30VAN30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 22, 14, 9, 31, 29, 16, 21, 26VAN26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg42.0Today

42 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · UTA @ NJN

Utah makes it five straight

Utah beat New Jersey 122–115 and moved to 42–16. Karl Malone led Utah with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
W@ SEA111–91Wvs CHH96–90Wvs NYK94–78W@ SAS79–77Lvs MIA102–104Wvs PHX108–97W@ HOU106–100W@ TOR108–93W@ BOS110–94W@ NJN122–115UTA: last 10 games through Mar 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Antoine Walker 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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 27, 16, 17, 25, 21, 25, 36, 35BOS vs WAS · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 25, 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32, 32UTA @ NJN · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 32, 14, 19, 23, 34, 21, 17, 32SAC @ VAN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 25, 18, 22, 26, 11, 10, 27, 30VAN vs SAC · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 28, 22, 28, 25, 19, 14, 19, 29NJN vs UTA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 10, 23, 31, 33, 17, 9, 22, 29CHH vs SEA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 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+12.9 25.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.5 26.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Alan HendersonATL+6.3 19.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Calbert CheaneyWAS+5.5 19.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Brent BarryMIA−5.9 7.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Joe SmithPHI−5.8 10.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−4.7 3.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Chris CarrMIN−4.6 5.6 last 10 · 10.2 season