FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 7, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ATL by 9 after the first quarter and won 101–89.

Final
SAS99
BOS89
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +10
Final
ORL83
DET97
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +14
Final
CHI99
GSW95
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +4
Final
HOU110
LAC102
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +8
Final
NJN96
LAL106
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final
ATL89
MIA101
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +12
Final
POR103
MIN93
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +10
Final
WSB82
NYK87
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +5
Final
IND101
PHI102
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +1
Final
MIL93
TOR88
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +5
Final
VAN79
UTA102
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +23
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 · ATL @ MIA

Alonzo Mourning goes for 36 in Miami win over Atlanta

Miami won 101–89.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+4-2+12MIA AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2818291489
MIA19312328101
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 12, 23, 21, 13, 20, 45, 25, 36MIA36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Bimbo ColesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 8, 14, 13, 9, 19, 10, 21, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 26, 20, 22, 3, 11, 15, 30, 27ATL27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Grant LongPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 14, 10, 11, 8, 13, 17, 21, 16ATL16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MIL @ TOR

Milwaukee beats Toronto, 93–88

Milwaukee led 74–67 after three and won by 5. Sherman Douglas led Milwaukee with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over IND1CHI over GSW4NYK over WSB5MIL over TOR5HOU over LAC8SAS over BOS10LAL over NJN10POR over MIN10MIA over ATL12DET over ORL14UTA over VAN23Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over TOR.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 40

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 25, 31, 22, 27, 17, 39, 28, 40CHI @ GSW · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 25, 17, 12, 16, 20, 6, 23, 36SAS @ BOS · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 12, 23, 21, 13, 20, 45, 25, 36MIA vs ATL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 18, 29, 25, 33, 19, 9, 25, 32POR @ MIN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 41, 23, 10, 37, 28, 35, 23, 22, 25, 31NYK vs WSB · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Pooh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 4, 11, 17, 24, 15, 16, 10, 31LAC vs HOU · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 9 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
Terry DehereLAC+6.7 18.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Chris ChildsNJN+6.2 16.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Rex ChapmanMIA+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Brent BarryLAC+5.3 15.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Patrick EwingNYK+4.8 27.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Lamond MurrayLAC−7.3 3.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Elliot PerryPHX−5.2 5.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris MullinGSW−5.0 8.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.0 18.4 last 10 · 23.4 season