FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 8, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 90–82.

Final · Box score
Bucks90
Cavs82
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 Bucks 0; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +8
Final · Box score
Spurs102
Pacers98
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Pistons91
Clippers85
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +6
On this day · 1995–96Mar 8, 1996: 12 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (Spurs-Nets), 44 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Cavs

Milwaukee turns it around against Cleveland

Terrell Brandon goes for 25 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+9+8MIL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks1727232390
Cavs2618142482
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 23, 17, 15, 20, 16, 25, 11, 25MIL25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 25, 22, 20, 18, 23, 19, 26, 20MIL20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 4, 11, 23, 19, 14, 12, 17, 25CLE25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 11, 18, 13, 10, 6, 18, 6, 19CLE19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Pistons-Clippers

Detroit beats Clippers, 91–85

Detroit led 64–62 after three and won by 6. Joe Dumars led Detroit with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over IND4DET over LAC6MIL over CLE8Final margin, points. Pink = DET over LAC.
The night in charts
Spurs-Pacers combined for 200, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-PacersSpurs 102, Pacers 98
200
Pistons-ClippersPistons 91, Clippers 85
176
Bucks-CavsBucks 90, Cavs 82
172
SAS won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Spurs-PacersSpurs 102, Pacers 98
+4 SAS
Pistons-ClippersPistons 91, Clippers 85
+6 DET
Bucks-CavsBucks 90, Cavs 82
+8 MIL
MIL rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-CavsMIL won · Bucks 90, Cavs 82
9 pts
Pistons-ClippersDET won · Pistons 91, Clippers 85
5 pts
Spurs-PacersSAS won · Spurs 102, Pacers 98
3 pts
Baker shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BakerMIL · 25 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
71% (10-14)
Avery JohnsonSAS · 26 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
HerreraSAS · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
Tyrone HillCLE · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
SmitsIND · 25 PTS, 7 REB
57% (8-14)
Final · Spurs-Pacers
Spurs 102Pacers 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs23233026102
Pacers2524242598
The story
Vinny Del Negro had 22 points as San Antonio beat Indiana 102-98

Mark Jackson led Indiana with 13 AST, 12 PTS, 3 REB 22 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 8-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the second, the Spurs took the third 30-24.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −2−3+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dale Davis led the game in fantasy with 46.6 FPTS (20 PTS, 18 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 91Clippers 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2023212791
Clippers2520172385
The story
Grant Hill's 19 points and 10 rebounds carried Detroit past Los Angeles, 91-85

For Los Angeles, Loy Vaught had 23 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST · 7-14 FG

The swing

The Pistons trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 21-17.

DET lead by quarter
200 −5−2+2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Cavs
Bucks 90Cavs 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks1727232390
Cavs2618142482
The story
Milwaukee beat Cleveland 90-82 behind 25 points and 15 rebounds from Vin Baker

Glenn Robinson backed him with 20 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST · 10-14 FG

The swing

A 27-18 second quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −90+9+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Avery Johnson leads the day with 26

Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 16, 6, 2, 4, 4, 4, 26Spurs-Pacers · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 23, 17, 15, 20, 16, 25, 11, 25Bucks-Cavs · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 4, 11, 23, 19, 14, 12, 17, 25Cavs-Bucks · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 14, 14, 21, 15, 11, 13, 22, 25Pacers-Spurs · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 13, 20, 22, 18, 25, 23, 28, 23Clippers-Pistons · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 12, 19, 17, 22, 21, 13, 18, 23Pistons-Clippers · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

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
Carl HerreraSAS+6.1 13.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Glen RiceCHH+6.1 32.5 last 10 · 26.4 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