FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 15, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed HOU by 13 at halftime and won 109–105.

Final
PHI99
MIA125
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +25; Q4 MIA +26
Final
DEN87
MIL92
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +5
Final
WSB86
NJN107
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +21
Final
HOU105
POR109
Q1 POR -12; Q2 POR -13; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
Final
ATL109
SAS89
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +20
Final
DAL84
UTA99
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +15
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 15, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (DAL @ UTA), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

Kenny Anderson goes for 35 in Portland win over Houston

Portland won 109–105.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-12-13+3+4POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU29262228105
POR17253829109
Who led
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 13, 14, 13, 26, 18, 33, 15, 35POR35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 16, 12, 18, 16, 19, 4, 7, 26POR26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 11, 2, 23, 16, 17, 20, 8, 31HOU31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 48, 6, 17, 26, 18, 19, 6, 28HOU28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DEN @ MIL

Milwaukee leads Denver wire to wire

Milwaukee was ahead at every break and won 92–87. Best quarter: the fourth, 25–26. Vin Baker led Milwaukee with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over HOU4MIL over DEN5UTA over DAL15ATL over SAS20NJN over WSB21MIA over PHI26Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over DEN.
Top performances

Kenny Anderson 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.
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 13, 14, 13, 26, 18, 33, 15, 35POR vs HOU · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 11, 2, 23, 16, 17, 20, 8, 31HOU @ POR · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 48, 6, 17, 26, 18, 19, 6, 28HOU @ POR · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 16, 12, 18, 16, 19, 4, 7, 26POR vs HOU · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 38, 29, 19, 11, 16, 21, 22, 16, 20, 26PHI @ MIA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 41, 24, 14, 36, 11, 6, 21, 25ATL @ SAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Todd DayBOS+7.2 20.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+7.0 33.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.1 19.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.4 20.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Rick FoxBOS+5.3 20.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Avery JohnsonSAS−5.4 5.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
George McCloudDAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−4.3 6.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−4.2 15.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.3 6.3 last 10 · 9.6 season