FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 27, 1998Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NJN by 13 at halftime and won 82–76.

Final
CHI89
ATL74
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +15
Final · OT
DET87
CLE88
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +1
Final
UTA99
DAL90
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +9
Final
GSW89
DEN97
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +8
Final
CHH96
IND133
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +29; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +37
Final
MIN100
LAC98
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +2
Final
MIL77
MIA102
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +25
Final
BOS82
NJN76
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -13; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +6
Final
HOU75
ORL100
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +25
Final
SAS110
PHI85
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +25
Final
WAS85
PHX89
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +4
Final
POR90
SAC73
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +17
Final · OT
NYK97
VAN89
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +8
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 27, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Eddie Johnson (HOU vs CLE), 27 points.
The lead · BOS @ NJN

Boston rallies from 13 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 13 at the half, Boston outscored the Nets 53–34 the rest of the way. Final: 82–76. Ron Mercer led Boston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-4-130+6BOS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1415262782
NJN1824132176
Who led
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 16, 14, 18, 31, 24, 8, 24, 23BOS23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26, 29, 22BOS22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 32, 17, 6, 17, 10, 7, 7, 29NJN29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 7, 12, 5, 6, 11, 15, 11, 11NJN11 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 67 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 37.

CLE over DET1MIN over LAC2PHX over WAS4BOS over NJN6DEN over GSW8NYK over VAN8UTA over DAL9CHI over ATL15POR over SAC17MIA over MIL25ORL over HOU25SAS over PHI25IND over CHH37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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: 18, 23, 24, 17, 20, 30, 10, 35, 31, 35VAN vs NYK · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 13, 18, 26, 26, 25, 22, 26, 34MIA vs MIL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 30, 17, 35, 24, 33, 24, 17, 34CHI @ ATL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 30, 28, 29, 17, 23, 30, 19, 33UTA @ DAL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 14, 25, 20, 25, 26, 18, 25, 32SAS @ PHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 32, 17, 6, 17, 10, 7, 7, 29NJN vs BOS · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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+8.1 24.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Elliot PerryMIL+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+5.7 22.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.7 5.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.4 4.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.4 5.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.6 12.7 last 10 · 18.3 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season