FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 8, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed NJN by 11 at halftime and won 109–100.

Final
CLE96
ATL101
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +5
Final
LAC100
DEN89
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +11
Final
BOS100
IND104
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +4
Final
DET89
LAL96
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +7
Final · OT
SEA99
MIN98
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +1
Final
CHH109
NJN100
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH -11; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +9
Final
CHI102
NYK89
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +13
Final
SAS82
POR78
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +4
Final
TOR106
VAN113
Q1 VAN +12; Q2 VAN +6; Q3 VAN -3; Q4 VAN +7
Final
PHI91
WAS100
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +9
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 8, 1997: 3 games. Top scorer: Avery Johnson (SAS @ IND), 26 points.
The lead · CHH @ NJN

Glen Rice scores 31 as Charlotte wins in New Jersey

Final: 109–100. Glen Rice made 10 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-6-11+4+9CHH AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH23243527109
NJN29292022100
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 23, 31, 33, 17, 9, 22, 29, 31CHH31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 22, 17, 22, 20, 12, 29, 15, 12, 18CHH18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 24, 29, 15, 16, 17, 17, 22, 21NJN21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 22, 28, 25, 19, 14, 19, 29, 20NJN20 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 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 59 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 13.

SEA over MIN1IND over BOS4SAS over POR4ATL over CLE5LAL over DET7VAN over TOR7CHH over NJN9WAS over PHI9LAC over DEN11CHI over NYK13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 42

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 21, 27, 16, 19, 17, 33, 28, 30, 42CHI @ NYK · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 14, 9, 31, 29, 16, 21, 26, 38VAN vs TOR · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 26, 19, 22, 25, 21, 18, 21, 33ATL vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 21, 24, 35, 19, 28, 29, 23, 32LAL vs DET · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 23, 31, 33, 17, 9, 22, 29, 31CHH @ NJN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 16, 16, 19, 27, 22, 5, 9, 29LAC @ DEN · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 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
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.0 22.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.1 26.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Matt GeigerCHH+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Alan HendersonATL+6.0 19.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−6.9 6.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Joe SmithPHI−6.5 9.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−5.3 3.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season