FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 29, 1998Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 9 at halftime and won 99–94.

Final
DET95
ATL118
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +23
Final
CHH82
CLE97
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +24; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +15
Final
POR99
GSW83
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +16
Final
SAS74
IND55
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +19
Final
DAL86
LAC108
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +22
Final
WAS89
LAL116
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +28; Q3 LAL +35; Q4 LAL +27
Final
HOU77
MIA109
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +32
Final
CHI104
MIL87
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +17
Final
BOS94
PHI99
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +5
Final
VAN98
PHX106
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIN104
SAC96
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +8
Final
ORL95
TOR68
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +27
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 29, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU vs DEN), 45 points.
The lead · BOS @ PHI

Derrick Coleman scores 34, Philadelphia rallies past Boston

Philadelphia trailed by 9 at the half and won 99–94.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-9-3+5PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2731181894
PHI2227242699
Who led
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 35, 19, 22, 21, 25, 24, 18, 34PHI34 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 29, 38, 28, 21, 4, 17, 24, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26, 29, 22, 32BOS32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 14, 18, 31, 24, 8, 24, 23, 18BOS18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 68 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg42.0Today

42 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Houston by 32, the widest margin of 12 games.

PHI over BOS5PHX over VAN8MIN over SAC8CLE over CHH15POR over GSW16CHI over MIL17SAS over IND19LAC over DAL22ATL over DET23LAL over WAS27ORL over TOR27MIA over HOU32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Corliss Williamson 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.
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 15, 21, 24, 2, 19, 16, 35SAC vs MIN · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 35, 19, 22, 21, 25, 24, 18, 34PHI vs BOS · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 25, 33, 24, 33, 24, 25, 31, 33LAL vs WAS · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 19, 16, 16, 22, 15, 15, 17, 32MIN @ SAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 16, 23, 23, 25, 26, 29, 22, 32BOS @ PHI · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 15, 21, 21, 31, 16, 19, 19, 30VAN @ PHX · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 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+7.8 24.0 last 10 · 16.2 season
Elliot PerryMIL+7.2 14.3 last 10 · 7.1 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+6.9 24.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.7 5.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brent BarryMIA−6.6 4.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dennis ScottPHX−6.6 5.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.5 12.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season