FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 15, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed GSW by 11 after the first quarter and won 100–98.

Final
BOS77
ATL93
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +16
Final
UTA109
DET98
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +11
Final · OT
TOR100
GSW98
Q1 TOR -11; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
IND91
NYK86
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIA79
ORL76
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
DAL90
PHX100
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +10
Final
LAC92
POR103
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +11
Final
LAL119
VAN110
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +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 15, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: LaPhonso Ellis (DEN vs SAS), 39 points.
The lead · TOR @ GSW

Toronto needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 92–92 after regulation. Toronto won the final period 8–6 for a 100–98 win. Doug Christie led Toronto with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-11-70+2TOR AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR232522228100
GSW34251815698
Who led
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 35, 20, 16, 17, 17, 21, 13, 24TOR24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 5, 14, 8, 9, 9, 16, 5, 23TOR23 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 10, 2, 17, 4, 21, 17, 10, 19GSW19 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 17, 14, 4, 7, 6, 8, 4, 18GSW18 PTS · 20 REB · 3 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
12.8Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 64 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIA @ ORL

Miami survives Orlando, 79–76

A three-point finish after it was 55–59 through three. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 22 points, 0 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over GSW2MIA over ORL3IND over NYK5LAL over VAN9PHX over DAL10UTA over DET11POR over LAC11ATL over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over ORL.
Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 31

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 20, 13, 18, 24, 12, 25, 18, 31NYK vs IND · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 30, 13, 31, 25, 22, 25, 20, 30ORL vs MIA · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 19, 35, 22, 11, 19, 23, 19, 29DET vs UTA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 7, 23, 12, 23, 17, 28, 24, 28POR vs LAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Mark JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 8, 7, 9, 4, 11, 6, 7, 28IND @ NYK · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 24, 32, 32, 40, 29, 25, 30, 28UTA @ DET · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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 26.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.3 23.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Derek FisherLAL+8.0 13.7 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.8 17.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−7.4 5.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−6.3 9.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−5.4 3.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.3 3.2 last 10 · 8.5 season