FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 19, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed DEN by 10 after three quarters and won 104–103.

Final
MIL81
ATL84
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +3
Final · OT
GSW82
DAL88
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
BOS96
HOU105
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +9
Final
ORL87
NJN93
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
POR82
NYK77
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
Final
CLE90
SAC85
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +5
Final · OT
DEN103
TOR104
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -10; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final
IND95
WAS91
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +4
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 19, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ BOS), 32 points.
The lead · DEN @ TOR

Toronto flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Denver led 51–45 at the break. Tied 95–95 after regulation, Toronto won the extra time 9–8. Final: 104–103. Dee Brown led Toronto with 24 points, 1 rebound and 5 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.Final0-5-6-100+1TOR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN252626188103
TOR202522289104
Who led
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 13, 2, 21, 16, 14, 9, 12, 24TOR24 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 16, 17, 17, 21, 13, 24, 30, 20TOR20 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 23, 10, 20, 17, 33, 17, 16, 24DEN24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 9, 20, 14, 15, 9, 7, 18, 17DEN17 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 46 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.6Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 9.

TOR over DEN1ATL over MIL3IND over WAS4POR over NYK5CLE over SAC5DAL over GSW6NJN over ORL6HOU over BOS9Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Nick Anderson leads the day with 38

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.
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 31, 25, 22, 25, 20, 30, 21, 38ORL @ NJN · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 18, 13, 20, 13, 16, 23, 18, 33HOU vs BOS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 15, 24, 16, 6, 16, 14, 18, 31BOS @ HOU · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 21, 23, 26, 17, 18, 15, 20, 24WAS vs IND · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 26, 23, 23, 24, 34, 22, 26, 24WAS vs IND · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 13, 2, 21, 16, 14, 9, 12, 24TOR vs DEN · W
7.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 5 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+11.6 25.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.9 23.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.8 14.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Derek FisherLAL+6.9 12.6 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−7.2 5.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.2 7.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 8.6 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.6 5.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Vlade DivacCHH−6.1 4.1 last 10 · 10.2 season