FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 31, 1998Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 5 after the first quarter and won 97–86.

Final
PHI93
CHH101
Q1 CHH +16; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH -4; Q4 CHH +8
Final · OT
DET101
CHI106
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +5
Final
ORL86
CLE93
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +7
Final · OT
MIL94
GSW89
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final
PHX97
HOU86
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
LAC106
IND128
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +29; Q4 IND +22
Final
BOS95
MIA121
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +39; Q4 MIA +26
Final
ATL90
NJN105
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +15
Final
SAS95
NYK78
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +17
Final
UTA86
SEA88
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +2
Final
LAL114
TOR105
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +9
Final
DAL104
VAN101
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches three

Phoenix won 97–86; the Rockets fall to 37–35. Antonio McDyess led Phoenix with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-1+3+11PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1926252797
HOU2422211986
Who led
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 20, 10, 14, 9, 12, 14, 18, 22PHX22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 11, 6, 12, 7, 11, 13, 7, 21PHX21 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 2, 0, 10, 12, 2, 5, 3, 17HOU17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 18, 33, 20, 22, 16, 12, 15, 15HOU15 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Miami by 26.

SEA over UTA2DAL over VAN3CHI over DET5MIL over GSW5CLE over ORL7CHH over PHI8LAL over TOR9PHX over HOU11NJN over ATL15SAS over NYK17IND over LAC22MIA over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 37

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 31, 25, 24, 17, 24, 25, 10, 37DET @ CHI · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 10, 18, 4, 5, 14, 7, 11, 31LAL @ TOR · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 18, 21, 25, 18, 22, 20, 15, 31NYK vs SAS · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 20, 19, 16, 29, 13, 14, 15, 29MIL @ GSW · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 38, 28, 21, 4, 17, 24, 20, 28PHI @ CHH · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 13, 12, 15, 13, 33, 27, 23, 27CHI vs DET · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Armen GilliamMIL+7.4 17.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+7.2 23.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Derrick ColemanPHI+5.7 22.9 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.7 4.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Brent BarryMIA−6.2 5.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dennis ScottPHX−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.5 12.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Eric WashingtonDEN−5.5 2.6 last 10 · 8.1 season