FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 26, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed VAN by 5 after the first quarter and won 108–102.

Final
MIL80
CHH94
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH -3; Q4 CHH +14
Final
SEA91
GSW98
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +7
Final
VAN102
POR108
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +6
Final
CLE97
TOR96
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +1
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 26, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs POR), 33 points.
The lead · VAN @ POR

Portland tops Vancouver in Portland

Final: 108–102. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-3-5+6POR AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN30272718102
POR25292529108
Who led
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 24, 28, 20, 21, 16, 14, 14, 24POR24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 4, 0, 0, 7, 3, 12, 14, 20POR20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 18, 23, 24, 17, 20, 30, 10, 35, 31VAN31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 19, 23, 15, 21, 21, 31, 16, 19VAN19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg46.4Today

46 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · CLE @ TOR

Cleveland takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 4 after three, Cleveland won the fourth 27–22. Final: 97–96. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over TOR1POR over VAN6GSW over SEA7CHH over MIL14Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over TOR.
Top performances

Bryant Reeves 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.
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 18, 23, 24, 17, 20, 30, 10, 35, 31VAN @ POR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 22, 24, 27, 17, 26, 14, 24, 27CHH vs MIL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 24, 30, 20, 19, 20, 12, 26TOR vs CLE · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 24, 28, 20, 21, 16, 14, 14, 24POR vs VAN · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 5, 23, 14, 13, 16, 23, 20, 22TOR vs CLE · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 14, 21, 10, 17, 14, 16, 21, 21SEA @ GSW · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 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+10.3 24.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+8.7 24.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Elliot PerryMIL+8.3 15.4 last 10 · 7.1 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
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Isaiah RiderPOR−5.3 14.3 last 10 · 19.6 season