FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 25, 1996Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHI by 8 at halftime and won 108–101.

Final
ORL91
CHI111
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +20
Final
TOR98
DAL105
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +7
Final
SEA106
LAC101
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +5
Final
PHI101
MIA108
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +7
Final
ATL92
MIN76
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +16
Final
BOS105
NJN111
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +6
Final
NYK105
PHX113
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +8
Final
DET93
POR81
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +12
Final
SAS95
VAN84
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +11
Final
MIL103
WSB111
Q1 WSB +2; Q2 WSB +10; Q3 WSB +10; Q4 WSB +8
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 · PHI @ MIA

Miami climbs out of an 8-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 8 at the half, the Heat won the third quarter 38–19 and the game 108–101. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 20 points, 1 rebound and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-8+11+7MIA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI22381922101
MIA27253818108
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 18, 0, 11, 14, 18, 3, 12, 20MIA20 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 13, 8, 6, 0, 8, 4, 18MIA18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 18, 8, 20, 9, 14, 4, 11, 19PHI19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Trevor RuffinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 0, 6, 0, 32, 2, 15, 19PHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ VAN

Vancouver's skid reaches four

San Antonio won 95–84; the Grizzlies fall to 11–41. Sean Elliott led San Antonio with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · VAN
L@ PHI92–103L@ BOS98–131Lvs NJN84–93Lvs UTA83–92L@ UTA79–102Wvs SAC93–86Lvs ATL100–110Lvs SEA109–118L@ PHX94–98Lvs SAS84–95VAN: last 10 games through Feb 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Vin Baker 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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 28, 25, 10, 14, 23, 17, 25, 35MIL @ WSB · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 15, 30, 31, 31, 24, 25, 17, 33ORL @ CHI · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Armen GilliamPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 19, 31, 25, 28, 12, 23, 15, 30NJN vs BOS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 12, 13, 18, 18, 11, 8, 10, 30LAC vs SEA · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 29, 5, 16, 15, 21, 19, 21, 29SAS @ VAN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris ChildsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 22, 12, 10, 20, 22, 23, 10, 26NJN vs BOS · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 16 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+6.3 18.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Matt GeigerCHH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Byron ScottVAN+4.7 15.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
George McCloudDAL+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Todd DayBOS−6.4 4.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.5 4.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Christian LaettnerATL−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season