FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 24, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed POR by 3 after three quarters and won 99–87.

Final
ORL73
ATL85
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +12
Final
SAS86
CLE85
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +1
Final
NYK88
GSW75
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +13
Final
HOU108
MIL118
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +10
Final
WAS99
POR87
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +12
Final
CHH106
TOR89
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +10; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +17
Final
PHX73
UTA92
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +19
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 24, 1997: 1 game. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (LAL @ NJN), 23 points.
The lead · WAS @ POR

Portland's skid reaches three

Washington won 99–87; the Trail Blazers fall to 37–31. Juwan Howard led Washington with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+2-3+12WAS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1924223499
POR1823271987
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 17, 22, 0, 8, 12, 15, 24WAS24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 17, 8, 4, 3, 9, 11, 9, 23WAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 28, 24, 28, 20, 21, 16, 14, 14POR14 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 16, 4, 0, 0, 7, 3, 12, 14POR14 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.5Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 16 assists.

Second story · ORL @ ATL

Atlanta beats Orlando, 85–73

Atlanta led 61–57 after three and won by 12. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over CLE1MIL over HOU10ATL over ORL12WAS over POR12NYK over GSW13CHH over TOR17UTA over PHX19Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over ORL.
Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 33

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 14, 20, 23, 9, 20, 21, 25, 33MIL vs HOU · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 14, 6, 16, 8, 20, 19, 16, 29MIL vs HOU · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 26, 14, 5, 21, 17, 24, 22, 28ATL vs ORL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 19, 29, 35, 21, 15, 11, 17, 27SAS @ CLE · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 27, 17, 26, 14, 24CHH @ TOR · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 17, 22, 0, 8, 12, 15, 24WAS @ POR · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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+8.0 15.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+6.1 22.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Brent BarryMIA−7.5 4.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dennis ScottPHX−7.4 4.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.3 7.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Vlade DivacCHH−6.3 3.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season