FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 25, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–91.

Final
MIA105
BOS91
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +14
Final
DAL105
DEN94
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +11
Final
SAS94
DET103
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +9
Final
HOU86
IND81
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +5
Final
NYK77
LAC76
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +1
Final
SAC91
LAL114
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +23
Final
CHI85
ORL70
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +15
Final
NJN91
PHI86
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +5
Final
MIN99
PHX97
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
WAS109
SEA133
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +35; Q4 SEA +24
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 25, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Miami makes it four straight

Miami beat Boston 105–91 and moved to 49–21. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+5+7+14MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA22322724105
BOS2821251791
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 21, 13, 18, 26, 26, 25, 22, 26MIA26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Mark StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 4, 13, 2, 2, 10, 11, 23, 23MIA23 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 15, 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26, 29BOS29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 6, 16, 14, 18, 31, 24, 8, 24BOS24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · HOU @ IND

Houston takes care of Indiana

A 5-point win, 86–81. Kevin Willis led Houston with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over LAC1MIN over PHX2HOU over IND5NJN over PHI5DET over SAS9DAL over DEN11MIA over BOS14CHI over ORL15LAL over SAC23SEA over WAS24Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over IND.
Top performances

Keith Van Horn 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.
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 14, 23, 20, 8, 19, 21, 29, 31NJN @ PHI · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 15, 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26, 29BOS vs MIA · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 29, 35, 21, 15, 11, 17, 27, 29SAS @ DET · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 15, 27, 20, 11, 15, 16, 21, 28NJN @ PHI · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 21, 13, 18, 26, 26, 25, 22, 26MIA @ BOS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 15, 10, 21, 17, 8, 16, 20, 26SEA vs WAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 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+10.3 24.2 last 10 · 13.9 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+5.9 22.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−7.8 6.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.5 4.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.6 5.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Vlade DivacCHH−6.3 3.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season