FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 2, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NJN by 13 at halftime and won 92–90.

Final
VAN102
BOS92
Q1 VAN +4; Q2 VAN +12; Q3 VAN +14; Q4 VAN +10
Final
ATL104
DEN115
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHX106
DET97
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +9
Final
NJN90
IND92
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +2
Final
WSB99
LAL129
Q1 LAL +24; Q2 LAL +26; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +30
Final
CLE76
MIA80
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +4
Final
POR102
MIN103
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +1
Final
CHH99
NYK93
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +6
Final
HOU90
ORL103
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +13
Final
CHI91
SEA84
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Feb 2, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: John Stockton (UTA vs LAC), 31 points.
The lead · NJN @ IND

Indiana fights back from 13 down against New Jersey

Final: 92–90, after trailing by 13 at the half. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-4-13-2+2IND AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2631171690
IND2222282092
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 20, 14, 21, 24, 26, 40, 33, 28IND28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 12, 9, 6, 17, 5, 10, 17, 17IND17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 30, 32, 28, 23, 19, 32, 16, 32NJN32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 20, 23, 15, 9, 5, 20, 10, 15NJN15 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 30.

MIN over POR1IND over NJN2MIA over CLE4CHH over NYK6CHI over SEA7PHX over DET9VAN over BOS10DEN over ATL11ORL over HOU13LAL over WSB30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 45

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 51, 32, 24, 28, 32, 18, 45CHI @ SEA · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 33, 42, 34, 18, 30, 34, 43, 40CHH @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 17, 22, 23, 11, 18, 25, 11, 33VAN @ BOS · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 30, 32, 28, 23, 19, 32, 16, 32NJN @ IND · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 20, 17, 23, 24, 34, 15, 21, 29ATL @ DEN · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rony SeikalyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 4, 26, 23, 22, 21, 18, 13, 29ORL vs HOU · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Glen RiceCHH+8.9 34.2 last 10 · 25.3 season
Darrick MartinLAC+5.6 16.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Gary TrentPOR+5.3 16.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+5.1 17.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Todd DayBOS+4.7 16.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
George McCloudDAL−4.6 9.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Hot Rod,WilliamsPHX−3.7 3.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tyus EdneySAC−3.3 3.9 last 10 · 7.2 season