FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 27, 1996Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed MIL by 16 at halftime and won 88–84.

Final
MIN99
CHI120
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +21
Final
GSW80
CLE92
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +12
Final
PHI121
DAL115
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +6
Final
WSB92
DEN96
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +4
Final
TOR100
HOU105
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +5
Final
POR87
IND101
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAS90
LAC95
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +5
Final
CHH88
MIL84
Q1 CHH -2; Q2 CHH -16; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +4
Final
MIA93
NJN90
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +3
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 · CHH @ MIL

Charlotte erases 16-point lead, steals one from Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 46–30 at halftime. Charlotte won the second half 58–38 to take it 88–84. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

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 Q3Final0-2-16+6+4CHH AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH246322688
MIL2620102884
Who led
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 22, 29, 26, 32, 16, 19, 18, 23CHH23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 18, 12, 12, 10, 13, 22, 13, 22CHH22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 11, 6, 11, 11, 10, 6, 12, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 25, 10, 14, 23, 17, 25, 35, 15MIL15 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
7.5Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Minnesota by 21.

MIA over NJN3DEN over WSB4CHH over MIL4HOU over TOR5LAC over SAS5PHI over DAL6CLE over GSW12IND over POR14CHI over MIN21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon 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.
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 16, 24, 18, 40, 30, 13, 29, 35HOU vs TOR · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 32, 35, 44, 14, 34, 31, 23, 35CHI vs MIN · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 23, 20, 29, 27, 5, 15, 22, 30DAL vs PHI · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 24, 17, 25, 39, 20, 34, 20, 28SAS @ LAC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 27, 32, 30, 17, 14, 18, 25, 27WSB @ DEN · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 8, 20, 9, 14, 4, 11, 19, 27PHI @ DAL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 12 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
Chris ChildsNJN+6.1 17.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.8 13.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
George McCloudDAL+5.6 23.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Byron ScottVAN+4.7 15.2 last 10 · 10.5 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
Christian LaettnerATL−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−4.6 17.8 last 10 · 22.4 season