FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 21, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed WSB by 17 at halftime and won 96–92.

Final
WSB92
CHH96
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH -17; Q3 CHH -2; Q4 CHH +4
Final
SAC91
DAL93
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +2
Final · OT
NYK113
DET110
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +3
Final
SAS92
GSW95
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +3
Final
ORL99
IND97
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
LAL112
LAC108
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +4
Final · OT
NJN94
MIL92
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
HOU101
MIN120
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +19
Final
MIA66
PHI57
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS107
PHX120
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +13
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 · WSB @ CHH

Larry Johnson drops 32 in 17-point comeback win over Washington

Washington led by 17 at the half. Final: 96–92.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-17-2+4CHH AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WSB3327141892
CHH2815292496
Who led
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 27, 21, 25, 10, 22, 15, 29, 32CHH32 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 18, 24, 10, 16, 13, 28, 14, 18CHH18 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Gheorghe MuresanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 11, 9, 9, 29, 8, 8, 12, 20WSB20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 11, 12, 9, 4, 8, 19, 4, 19WSB19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games go down to the wire

Seven of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 19.

DAL over SAC2ORL over IND2NJN over MIL2NYK over DET3GSW over SAS3CHH over WSB4LAL over LAC4MIA over PHI9PHX over BOS13MIN over HOU19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Larry Johnson leads the day with 32

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.
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 27, 21, 25, 10, 22, 15, 29, 32CHH vs WSB · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 6, 14, 20, 32ORL @ IND · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 36, 21, 26, 16, 24, 18, 40, 30HOU @ MIN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 31, 35, 30, 30, 24, 27, 17, 27PHX vs BOS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 16, 23, 23, 5, 19, 6, 19, 27GSW vs SAS · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 12, 11, 10, 6, 18, 11, 11, 27DET vs NYK · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Matt GeigerCHH+5.8 16.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Brent BarryLAC+5.2 15.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.1 15.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris ChildsNJN+4.7 16.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Byron ScottVAN+4.7 15.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayORL−6.4 16.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Sharone WrightPHI−5.8 4.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.4 4.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Lamond MurrayLAC−5.2 5.1 last 10 · 10.3 season