FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 23, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 10 after three quarters and won 91–87.

Final
BOS88
CHI111
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +23
Final
MIN87
DAL91
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -10; Q4 DAL +4
Final
LAL107
DEN86
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +21
Final
DET94
PHI79
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +15
Final
SAC83
SEA109
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +32; Q4 SEA +26
Final
LAC95
VAN106
Q1 VAN +1; Q2 VAN +15; Q3 VAN +10; Q4 VAN +11
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 23, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Marcus Camby (TOR vs ATL), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dallas fights back late to top Minnesota

Minnesota led 71–61 after three. Dallas won the fourth 30–16 and the game 91–87. Michael Finley led Dallas with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-10+4DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2420271687
DAL2016253091
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 25, 32, 18, 20, 16, 14, 26, 27DAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 16, 2, 14, 11, 10, 18, 23, 16DAL16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 13, 16, 6, 11, 9, 14, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 17, 21, 12, 16, 8, 13, 18, 19MIN19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAC @ VAN

Vancouver never trails at a break against Clippers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–95. Bryant Reeves led Vancouver with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MIN4VAN over LAC11DET over PHI15LAL over DEN21CHI over BOS23SEA over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = VAN over LAC.
Top performances

Bryant Reeves leads the day with 35

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.
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 18, 23, 24, 17, 20, 30, 10, 35VAN vs LAC · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 19, 18, 13, 12, 15, 13, 33, 27CHI vs BOS · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 25, 32, 18, 20, 16, 14, 26, 27DAL vs MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 11, 23, 16, 20, 15, 14, 5, 27LAL @ DEN · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 36, 35, 15, 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26BOS @ CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 18, 25, 19, 35, 19, 22, 21, 25PHI vs DET · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 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
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.4 24.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.8 14.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+6.1 22.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Dennis ScottPHX−8.2 3.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.5 4.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.3 7.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Vlade DivacCHH−5.7 4.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season