FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 7, 1998Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIA94
DAL88
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +6
Final
UTA110
MIL92
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +18
Final
HOU108
PHX89
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +19
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 7, 1997: 12 games. Top scorer: Tim Hardaway (MIA @ WSB), 45 points.
The lead · MIA @ DAL

Miami beats Dallas, 94–88

Miami led 73–58 after three and won by 6. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+7+15+6MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2227242194
DAL1923163088
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 24, 18, 20, 7, 8, 20, 25, 27MIA27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28, 6, 20, 15, 21MIA21 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 8, 16, 31, 27, 21, 17, 17, 24DAL24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 8, 13, 9, 21, 21, 22, 17, 17DAL17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · UTA @ MIL

Utah never trails at a break against Milwaukee

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 110–92. Karl Malone led Utah with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over DAL6UTA over MIL18HOU over PHX19Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over MIL.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32, 32, 40UTA @ MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 25, 17, 20, 19, 26, 17, 26, 27MIL vs UTA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 24, 18, 20, 7, 8, 20, 25, 27MIA @ DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 8, 16, 31, 27, 21, 17, 17, 24DAL vs MIA · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28, 6, 20, 15, 21MIA @ DAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 10, 16, 17, 13, 25, 24, 9, 21HOU @ PHX · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Brent BarryMIA−6.9 6.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 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