FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 7, 1997Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 15 at halftime and won 113–102.

Final · Box score
MIL80
ATL90
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +10
Final · Box score
NYK113
BOS102
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -15; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +11
Final · Box score
IND96
CHI104
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +8
Final · Box score
ORL101
GSW108
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +7
Final · Box score
HOU111
LAL90
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +29; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +21
Final · Box score
DEN83
MIN96
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +13
Final · Box score
SAC87
PHX104
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +17
Final · Box score
DAL69
POR80
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +11
Final · Box score
NJN90
SEA109
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +19
Final · Box score
SAS106
TOR103
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +3
Final · Box score
DET88
UTA95
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +7
Final · OT · Box score
MIA108
WSB105
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +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
On this day · 1995–96Mar 7, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs DET), 53 points.
The lead · NYK @ BOS

Patrick Ewing drops 39 in 15-point comeback win over Boston

Boston led by 15 at the half. Final: 113–102.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-150+11NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK27233429113
BOS32331918102
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 34, 28, 27, 22, 18, 17, 36, 39NYK39 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 10, 13, 14, 21, 17, 17, 9, 19NYK19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 22, 25, 17, 16, 13, 15, 18, 34BOS34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 11, 23, 12, 6, 14, 22, 16, 16BOS16 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Second story · SAS @ TOR

San Antonio fights back from 10 down against Toronto

Final: 106–103, after trailing by 10 after one. Vernon Maxwell led San Antonio with 34 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs TOR
Vernon Maxwell · SASDamon Stoudamire · TORPTS3425REB32AST77Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tim Hardaway leads the day with 45

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.
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 16, 14, 16, 29, 11, 28, 16, 45MIA @ WSB · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 32, 33, 32, 30, 18, 41, 20, 41UTA vs DET · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 34, 28, 27, 22, 18, 17, 36, 39NYK @ BOS · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 36, 34, 37, 23, 35, 31, 16, 38CHI vs IND · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 34, 19, 14, 24, 4, 14, 7, 34SAS @ TOR · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 22, 25, 17, 16, 13, 15, 18, 34BOS vs NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Elden CampbellLAL+8.7 22.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 20.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.3 24.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Glen RiceCHH+6.1 32.5 last 10 · 26.4 season
Carl HerreraSAS+6.0 13.2 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.1 13.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
George McCloudLAL−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dale EllisDEN−5.8 10.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.9 16.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season