FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 9, 1996Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DAL by 5 at halftime and won 92–91.

Final · Box score
Warriors88
Nuggets102
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +14
Final · Box score
Mavs91
Pistons92
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +1
The lead · Mavs-Pistons

Detroit holds off Dallas, 92–91

Grant Hill goes for 18 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5+9+1DET AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2127222191
Pistons2320361392
Who led
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 8, 13, 20, 14, 10, 8, 20DET20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 21, 15, 24, 35, 17, 31, 13, 18DET18 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28DAL28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 0, 3, 8, 15, 14, 12, 8, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
The night in charts
Warriors-Nuggets combined for 190, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-NuggetsWarriors 88, Nuggets 102
190
Mavs-PistonsMavs 91, Pistons 92
183
DET won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Mavs-PistonsMavs 91, Pistons 92
+1 DET
Warriors-NuggetsWarriors 88, Nuggets 102
+14 DEN
Lucious Harris shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Lucious HarrisDAL · 19 PTS, 3 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
70% (7-10)
ThorpeDET · 20 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
MillsDET · 15 PTS, 11 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Jim JacksonDAL · 28 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
56% (10-18)
KerseyGSW · 12 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
55% (6-11)
Final · Mavs-Pistons
Mavs 91Pistons 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2127222191
Pistons2320361392
The story
Otis Thorpe had 20 points and 15 rebounds as Detroit beat Dallas 92-91

Lorenzo Williams led Dallas with 14 REB, 4 PTS 20 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST · 8-12 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Pistons took the third 36-22.

DET lead by quarter
200 +2−5+9+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Nuggets
Warriors 88Nuggets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2022252188
Nuggets25301829102
The story
Bryant Stith's 27 points carried Denver past Golden State, 102-88

For Golden State, Latrell Sprewell had 19 PTS, 2 AST 27 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 8-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 30-22, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +5+13+6+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Joe Smith was the fantasy play: 41.2 FPTS on 13 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 29.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Warriors-Nuggets

Denver leads Golden State wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 102–88. Best quarter: the second, 30–22. Bryant Stith led Denver with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Warriors
Bryant Stith · DENLatrell Sprewell · GSWPTS2719REB61AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jim Jackson leads the day with 28

Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28Mavs-Pistons · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 3, 10, 18, 10, 13, 9, 2, 27Nuggets-Warriors · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 8, 13, 20, 14, 10, 8, 20Pistons-Mavs · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 15, 2, 17, 11, 9, 15, 33, 20Nuggets-Warriors · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 0, 3, 8, 15, 14, 12, 8, 19Mavs-Pistons · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 12, 20, 16, 26, 14, 28, 21, 19Warriors-Nuggets · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Hubert DavisNYK+7.4 18.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+7.2 18.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.6 15.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
David WesleyBOS+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris ChildsNJN+5.7 17.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPOR−7.8 13.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−7.1 1.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−5.9 17.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−5.8 6.1 last 10 · 11.8 season