FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 11, 1997Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed WSB by 10 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final
CHH100
CHI103
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +3
Final
PHI94
CLE105
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +11
Final
SAS111
DAL97
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +14
Final
VAN97
HOU106
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +9
Final
BOS112
LAC116
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +4
Final
DET91
MIA104
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +13
Final
TOR96
MIL101
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
NJN104
ORL98
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +6
Final
PHX108
POR111
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +3
Final
UTA120
SAC98
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +22
Final
DEN81
SEA108
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +25; Q4 SEA +27
Final
NYK97
WSB92
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +5
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 @ WSB

New York rallies from 10 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 10 after one, New York outscored the Bullets 75–60 the rest of the way. Final: 97–92. Patrick Ewing led New York with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-10-2+7+5NYK AHEAD ↑WSB AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2230202597
WSB3222112792
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 28, 22, 19, 23, 26, 24, 18, 18NYK18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 24, 17, 25, 4, 23, 28, 22, 17NYK17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 21, 21, 10, 13, 23, 11, 28, 21WSB21 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 22, 20, 26, 10, 21, 10, 22, 19WSB19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.9Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat Denver by 27.

CHI over CHH3POR over PHX3LAC over BOS4MIL over TOR5NYK over WSB5NJN over ORL6HOU over VAN9CLE over PHI11MIA over DET13SAS over DAL14UTA over SAC22SEA over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 43

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: 51, 32, 24, 28, 32, 18, 45, 36, 27, 43CHI vs CHH · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 8, 10, 11, 27, 15, 19, 7, 34SAS @ DAL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 38, 33, 38, 28, 28, 35, 26, 31, 37, 34SAC vs UTA · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 22, 19, 13, 14, 13, 26, 18, 33POR vs PHX · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 18, 6, 22, 26, 11, 13, 14, 32PHX @ POR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 42, 34, 18, 30, 34, 43, 40, 24, 17, 32CHH @ CHI · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 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
Gary TrentPOR+7.1 18.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+7.0 32.8 last 10 · 25.8 season
Rick FoxBOS+6.8 22.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Glen RiceCHH+6.2 31.4 last 10 · 25.2 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.1 19.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Avery JohnsonSAS−4.5 6.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−4.0 7.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−4.0 5.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Hot Rod,WilliamsPHX−3.7 3.3 last 10 · 7.0 season
Blue EdwardsVAN−3.7 5.3 last 10 · 9.0 season