FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 24, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 9 after three quarters and won 96–94.

Final
IND104
CHH90
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +14
Final
NJN74
CLE103
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +29
Final
UTA90
DEN99
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final
LAC80
GSW86
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +6
Final
LAL94
HOU96
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU +2
Final
SAC91
SEA104
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +19; Q4 SEA +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 · LAL @ HOU

Houston fights back late to top Lakers

Lakers led 74–65 after three. Houston won the fourth 31–20 and the game 96–94. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+8-9+2HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1725322094
HOU2624153196
Who led
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 26, 16, 24, 18, 40, 30, 13, 29HOU29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Robert HorryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 10, 9, 4, 10, 22, 5, 27, 18HOU18 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 27, 15, 15, 27, 21, 23, 27, 26LAL26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 11, 7, 3, 22, 20, 22, 15, 18LAL18 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Cleveland by 29.

HOU over LAL2GSW over LAC6DEN over UTA9SEA over SAC13IND over CHH14CLE over NJN29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 47 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 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.
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 10, 28, 12, 7, 6, 23, 6, 31DEN vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 22, 12, 21, 13, 25, 21, 18, 30SEA vs SAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 26, 16, 24, 18, 40, 30, 13, 29HOU vs LAL · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 27, 15, 15, 27, 21, 23, 27, 26LAL @ HOU · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 2, 18, 6, 22, 17, 22, 25LAC @ GSW · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 8, 18, 28, 18, 21, 6, 14, 24UTA @ DEN · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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
Chris ChildsNJN+5.5 16.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Matt GeigerCHH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Rex ChapmanMIA+4.9 18.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Vinny Del NegroSAS+4.7 18.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.4 4.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.1 17.7 last 10 · 22.8 season
Sharone WrightTOR−4.8 5.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−4.7 18.0 last 10 · 22.7 season