FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 17, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed POR by 7 at halftime and won 100–96.

Final
PHI82
CLE97
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +15
Final
TOR95
DET108
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +13
Final
POR96
LAC100
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +4
Final
ORL95
MIA93
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +2
Final
NYK77
NJN82
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +5
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 · POR @ LAC

Portland's skid reaches three

Clippers won 100–96; the Trail Blazers fall to 24–27. Loy Vaught led Clippers with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC 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+1-7-2+4LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2529192396
LAC26212429100
Who led
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 16, 18, 22, 2, 18, 6, 22LAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 16, 9, 20, 7, 14, 3, 10, 20LAC20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 15, 20, 18, 28, 16, 19, 13, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 6, 16, 10, 8, 4, 12, 3, 22POR22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NYK @ NJN

New Jersey makes it three straight

New Jersey beat New York 82–77 and moved to 21–29. Armen Gilliam led New Jersey with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · NJN
Wvs CHH115–107Lvs LAL98–100L@ SEA88–97W@ VAN93–84L@ GSW92–96L@ LAL96–106L@ PHX102–107W@ IND101–92Wvs IND88–87Wvs NYK82–77NJN: last 10 games through Feb 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 31

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 18, 25, 26, 22, 15, 30, 31, 31ORL @ MIA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 23, 21, 16, 24, 31, 13, 27, 29DET vs TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 20, 29, 24, 21, 19, 31, 25, 28NJN vs NYK · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 13, 20, 45, 25, 36, 25, 12, 27MIA vs ORL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 26, 34, 22, 10, 19, 24, 20, 27DET vs TOR · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 12, 5, 20, 6, 24, 23, 9, 26PHI @ CLE · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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 BarryLAC+6.6 16.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brent PriceWSB+6.2 14.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Matt GeigerCHH+6.1 16.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Rex ChapmanMIA+5.8 19.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+4.8 14.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Lamond MurrayLAC−6.9 3.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Sharone WrightPHI−6.4 4.3 last 10 · 10.7 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 17.8 last 10 · 23.1 season