FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 26, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT
IND122
BOS119
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
NYK96
LAL114
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +18
Final
DET93
SAC78
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +15
Final
PHX87
UTA110
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +23
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 · IND @ BOS

Reggie Miller scores 39, Indiana wins in overtime

Tied 104–104 after regulation. Final: 122–119.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+3+10+3IND AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND3221222918122
BOS2723243015119
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 29, 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39IND39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 17, 14, 8, 28, 12, 18, 22, 19IND19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 16, 14, 31, 17, 10, 2, 22, 33BOS33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23BOS23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DET @ SAC

Detroit leads Sacramento wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 93–78. Best quarter: the third, 25–20. Grant Hill led Detroit with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over BOS3DET over SAC15LAL over NYK18UTA over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = DET over SAC.
Top performances

Reggie Miller 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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 29, 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39IND @ BOS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 16, 14, 31, 17, 10, 2, 22, 33BOS vs IND · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 22, 36, 21, 30, 24, 26, 15, 28UTA vs PHX · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 15, 15, 27, 21, 23, 27, 26, 27LAL vs NYK · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 10, 15, 15, 10, 24, 24, 14, 23NYK @ LAL · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23BOS vs IND · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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−6.0 4.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Christian LaettnerATL−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season