FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 11, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ATL110
BOS105
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +5
Final
NYK78
CHH85
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +2; Q4 CHH +7
Final
MIL83
CLE95
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +12
Final
IND91
DET122
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +33; Q4 DET +31
Final
MIN113
GSW84
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +29
Final
POR107
LAL121
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +14
Final
WAS86
PHI88
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +2
Final
SAC95
UTA110
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +15
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 11, 1997: 12 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (PHI @ MIN), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ PHI

Allen Iverson scores 32, Philadelphia holds off Washington

Final: 88–86. Allen Iverson added 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+14+2+2PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1718351686
PHI2821231688
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 14, 18, 19, 12, 22, 16, 19, 32PHI32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 13, 10, 12, 13, 10, 16, 9, 18PHI18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 26, 17, 31, 26, 23, 23, 24, 34WAS34 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 20, 27, 19, 21, 23, 26, 17, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Indiana by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

PHI over WAS2ATL over BOS5CHH over NYK7CLE over MIL12LAL over POR14UTA over SAC15MIN over GSW29DET over IND31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 34

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 26, 17, 31, 26, 23, 23, 24, 34WAS @ PHI · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 24, 35, 19, 28, 29, 23, 32, 33LAL vs POR · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 14, 18, 19, 12, 22, 16, 19, 32PHI vs WAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 19, 22, 25, 21, 18, 21, 33, 26ATL @ BOS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 28, 21, 24, 32, 32, 40, 29, 25UTA vs SAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 19, 32, 20, 13, 18, 24, 12, 25NYK @ CHH · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+12.7 25.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.0 22.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Derek FisherLAL+7.4 12.8 last 10 · 5.4 season
Matt GeigerCHH+7.3 18.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+6.7 17.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−8.0 4.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.5 10.9 last 10 · 16.4 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.3 3.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−5.2 3.9 last 10 · 9.1 season