FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 16, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIL by 4 after the first quarter and won 96–85.

Final
DEN87
CHH109
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +10; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +22
Final
NJN72
CHI88
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +16
Final
DET103
MIA90
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +13
Final
UTA102
MIN96
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +6
Final
MIL85
SAS96
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +11
Final
LAL89
SEA101
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +12
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 16, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Tim Hardaway (MIA vs HOU), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ SAS

San Antonio beats Milwaukee, 96–85

San Antonio led 70–59 after three and won by 11. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2+11+11SAS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2220172685
SAS1822302696
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 29, 35, 21, 25, 13, 24, 14, 25SAS25 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 22, 18, 23, 11, 19, 29, 35, 21SAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jerald HoneycuttPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 0, 0, 16MIL16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Ervin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 6, 5, 10, 6, 4, 1, 4, 15MIL15 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DEN @ CHH

Charlotte routs Denver by 22

Charlotte led by 10 at halftime and won 109–87. Matt Geiger led Charlotte with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over MIN6SAS over MIL11SEA over LAL12DET over MIA13CHI over NJN16CHH over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 63 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg26.1Today

26 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 29

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: 21, 24, 32, 32, 40, 29, 25, 30, 28, 29UTA @ MIN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 22, 12, 6, 22, 22, 24, 13, 27SEA vs LAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 6, 20, 15, 21, 21, 13, 18, 26MIA vs DET · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 35, 22, 11, 19, 23, 19, 29, 26DET @ MIA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 17, 20, 17, 15, 14, 12, 10, 26MIN vs UTA · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 29, 35, 21, 25, 13, 24, 14, 25SAS vs MIL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 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 26.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.3 23.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Derek FisherLAL+7.2 13.0 last 10 · 5.8 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.8 17.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.9 9.0 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brent BarryMIA−6.6 5.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Rony SeikalyNJN−6.1 8.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Vlade DivacCHH−6.0 4.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.3 3.2 last 10 · 8.5 season