FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 29, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIL by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–86.

Final
DAL137
DEN120
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +17
Final
PHI95
HOU109
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +14
Final
GSW85
IND94
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +9
Final
SAC110
LAC122
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +12
Final
CLE95
MIL86
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +9
Final
ORL114
NJN98
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +16
Final
TOR95
SAS120
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +29; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +25
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 · CLE @ MIL

Cleveland makes it three straight

Cleveland beat Milwaukee 95–86 and moved to 33–22. John Crotty led Cleveland with 19 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+4+9CLE AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1824252895
MIL2520182386
Who led
John CrottyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 5, 0, 0, 3, 4, 4, 2, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dan MajerlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 5, 15, 12, 7, 5, 12, 15, 16CLE16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 10, 14, 23, 17, 25, 35, 15, 17MIL17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Randolph KeysPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 0, 6, 6, 2, 12, 0, 0, 15MIL15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · SAC @ LAC

Clippers beat Sacramento, 122–110

Clippers led 92–85 after three and won by 12. Loy Vaught led Clippers with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
IND over GSW9CLE over MIL9LAC over SAC12HOU over PHI14ORL over NJN16DAL over DEN17SAS over TOR25Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAC.
Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 42

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: 26, 16, 24, 18, 40, 30, 13, 29, 35, 42HOU vs PHI · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 31, 31, 24, 25, 17, 33, 31, 33ORL @ NJN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Dennis ScottPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 6, 14, 20, 32, 11, 4, 25, 30ORL @ NJN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 16, 20, 31, 12, 21, 9, 24, 19, 30DAL @ DEN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 30, 31, 19, 23, 22, 17, 22, 29SAC @ LAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 13, 12, 14, 21, 11, 9, 16, 28SAC @ LAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+6.3 18.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.6 13.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
B.J. ArmstrongGSW+5.1 15.8 last 10 · 10.7 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