FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 16, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by LAL (vs DAL) and IND (vs WSB).

Final
DEN100
CHH107
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +2; Q4 CHH +7
Final
DAL114
LAL119
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +5
Final
CHI103
MIN100
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +3
Final
PHI84
NYK116
Q1 NYK +24; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +32
Final
MIL91
ORL121
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +30
Final
BOS130
SAC102
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +27; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +28
Final
GSW95
SAS113
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +18
Final
PHX99
SEA117
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +18
Final
ATL110
VAN100
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +10
Final
IND95
WSB94
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +1
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 · IND @ WSB

Indiana takes over late to edge Washington

Down 3 after three, Indiana won the fourth 21–17. Final: 95–94. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-1-3+1IND AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2424262195
WSB1633281794
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 22, 9, 21, 15, 19, 29, 34, 29IND29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 17, 21, 31, 10, 17, 14, 8, 28IND28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 26, 23, 20, 21, 28, 27, 32WSB32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Calbert CheaneyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 23, 23, 29, 20, 18, 15, 13, 18WSB18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
33.71994–95 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 1994–95 (78 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New York posts the night's biggest win

New York beat Philadelphia by 32, the widest margin of 10 games.

IND over WSB1CHI over MIN3LAL over DAL5CHH over DEN7ATL over VAN10SAS over GSW18SEA over PHX18BOS over SAC28ORL over MIL30NYK over PHI32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 35

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: 31, 22, 27, 17, 39, 28, 40, 32, 32, 35CHI @ MIN · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 26, 23, 20, 21, 28, 27, 32WSB vs IND · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 30, 18, 25, 26, 22, 15, 30, 31ORL vs MIL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 28, 26, 13, 7, 24, 16, 14, 31BOS @ SAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 15, 15, 21, 15, 38, 16, 20, 31DAL @ LAL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Magic JohnsonPoints, last 7 games: 19, 15, 21, 16, 18, 15, 30LAL vs DAL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 11 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
Brent PriceWSB+6.2 14.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Matt GeigerCHH+6.1 16.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Brent BarryLAC+5.8 15.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.5 15.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chris ChildsNJN+5.3 16.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Lamond MurrayLAC−6.5 4.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Sharone WrightPHI−6.4 4.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.8 4.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.3 17.9 last 10 · 23.2 season