FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 28, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NYK by 13 after three quarters and won 90–85.

Final
POR88
ATL90
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +2
Final · OT
CHH116
BOS121
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
PHX117
MIN93
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +24
Final
MIA112
ORL116
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +4
Final
NYK85
SAC90
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -13; Q4 SAC +5
Final
DET80
SEA94
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -12; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +14
Final
WSB93
UTA115
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +22
Final
LAL99
VAN80
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +19
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 · NYK @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 13 down to beat New York

Trailing by 13 after three, Sacramento outscored the Knicks 32–14 the rest of the way. Final: 90–85. Mitch Richmond led Sacramento with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-9-9-13+5SAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2522241485
SAC1622203290
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 32, 30, 31, 19, 23, 22, 17, 22SAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 14, 4, 17, 16, 15, 16, 21, 16SAC16 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 31, 26, 18, 19, 29, 20, 31NYK31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Willie AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 17, 2, 8, 13, 4, 10, 5, 16NYK16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · DET @ SEA

Seattle climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 12 at the half. Seattle won it 94–80. Shawn Kemp led Seattle with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SEA vs DET
Shawn Kemp · SEAAllan Houston · DETPTS2329REB145AST05Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

David Wesley leads the day with 33

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.
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23, 33BOS vs CHH · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 31, 26, 18, 19, 29, 20, 31NYK @ SAC · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 30, 31, 31, 24, 25, 17, 33, 31ORL vs MIA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 27, 29, 17, 9, 24, 23, 12, 29DET @ SEA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 15, 24, 15, 13, 21, 19, 24, 27ORL vs MIA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 3, 22, 8, 16, 12, 10, 13, 26POR @ ATL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 10 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
David WesleyBOS+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Chris ChildsNJN+6.1 17.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.6 13.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
George McCloudDAL+5.6 23.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Todd DayBOS−6.2 4.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−6.1 16.0 last 10 · 22.1 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.5 3.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Christian LaettnerATL−5.5 12.1 last 10 · 17.6 season