FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 21, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU103
DAL95
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +8
Final
CLE100
LAC79
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +21
Final
VAN88
MIN102
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +14
Final
SEA102
PHX109
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +7
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 21, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ IND), 36 points.
The lead · SEA @ PHX

Phoenix gets past Seattle

109–102, with Phoenix ahead 58–55 at halftime. Clifford Robinson led Phoenix with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+3+10+7PHX AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA26292522102
PHX31273219109
Who led
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 11, 8, 13, 22, 10, 18, 18, 29PHX29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 9, 13, 14, 4, 14, 17, 14, 28PHX28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 22, 24, 13, 27, 12, 13, 30SEA30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 25, 27, 15, 10, 21, 17, 8, 16SEA16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ DAL

Houston leads Dallas wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 103–95. Best quarter: the second, 30–27. Charles Barkley led Houston with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over SEA7HOU over DAL8MIN over VAN14CLE over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim 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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 19, 17, 19, 23, 15, 21, 21, 31VAN @ MIN · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 22, 24, 13, 27, 12, 13, 30SEA @ PHX · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 11, 8, 13, 22, 10, 18, 18, 29PHX vs SEA · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 9, 13, 14, 4, 14, 17, 14, 28PHX vs SEA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 19, 8, 6, 8, 22, 20, 19, 27CLE @ LAC · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 25, 32, 18, 20, 16, 14, 26DAL vs HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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+9.6 23.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.8 14.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.3 22.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derek FisherLAL+5.5 11.2 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.5 7.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.3 4.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.0 8.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.6 5.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−5.8 2.5 last 10 · 8.3 season