FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 20, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed LAC by 8 at halftime and won 121–104.

Final
CLE76
CHI102
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +26
Final
LAC104
LAL121
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +17
Final
MIL92
NYK87
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +5
Final
PHI104
ORL123
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +31; Q3 ORL +30; Q4 ORL +19
Final
SAS108
POR105
Q1 SAS +17; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +3
Final
BOS98
UTA112
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +32; Q4 UTA +14
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 · LAC @ LAL

Lakers rally from 8 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 8 at the half, Lakers outscored the Clippers 64–39 the rest of the way. Final: 121–104. Vlade Divac led Lakers with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-8+14+17LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC34311920104
LAL31264123121
Who led
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 12, 2, 20, 14, 15, 8, 13, 29LAL29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 33, 23, 18, 27, 15, 15, 27, 21LAL21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 16, 7, 4, 22, 16, 16, 35, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 16, 18, 22, 2, 18, 6, 22, 17LAC17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · SAS @ POR

San Antonio holds off Portland, 108–105

San Antonio led 90–83 after three and held on to win by three. David Robinson led San Antonio with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over POR3MIL over NYK5UTA over BOS14LAL over LAC17ORL over PHI19CHI over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over POR.
Top performances

David Robinson leads the day with 39

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.
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 36, 23, 19, 22, 24, 17, 25, 39SAS @ POR · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Trevor RuffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 28, 10, 11, 13, 0, 6, 0, 32PHI @ ORL · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 23, 22, 25, 31, 26, 18, 19, 29NYK vs MIL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 12, 2, 20, 14, 15, 8, 13, 29LAL vs LAC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 22, 17, 13, 13, 23, 11, 19, 27MIL @ NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 25, 26, 22, 15, 30, 31, 31, 24ORL vs PHI · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 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+6.0 16.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Matt GeigerCHH+5.8 16.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.6 15.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Vinny Del NegroSAS+5.3 19.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
George McCloudDAL+5.3 23.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Sharone WrightPHI−6.3 4.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Lamond MurrayLAC−6.0 4.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.9 17.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.8 4.2 last 10 · 10.0 season