FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 16, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 14 at halftime and won 89–80.

Final
ORL89
CHI110
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +21
Final
SEA102
LAL91
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +11
Final
PHX96
MIN107
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +11
Final
IND80
NYK89
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -14; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +9
Final
DEN112
PHI97
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +15
Final
BOS106
POR118
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +12
Final
GSW85
SAC105
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +20
Final
DET92
TOR89
Q1 DET -13; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +3
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 16, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ MIN), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 14-point hole against Indiana

Down 14 at the half, the Knicks won the fourth quarter 35–14 and the game 89–80. Patrick Ewing led New York with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

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 Q3Final0-6-14-12+9NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1932151480
NYK1324173589
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 19, 23, 26, 24, 18, 18, 17, 23NYK23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 8, 13, 16, 11, 20, 10, 18, 16NYK16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 40, 33, 28, 18, 26, 22, 14, 20IND20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 7, 11, 12, 8, 6, 6, 9, 17IND17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 51 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DET @ TOR

Detroit climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 13 after one. Detroit won it 92–89. Grant Hill led Detroit with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs TOR
Grant Hill · DETWalt Williams · TORPTS2322REB183AST55Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Isaiah Rider leads the day with 40

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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 12, 18, 16, 19, 4, 7, 26, 40POR vs BOS · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 23, 27, 15, 18, 10, 15, 22, 37DEN @ PHI · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 18, 14, 18, 14, 19, 6, 20, 34SEA @ LAL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 19, 20, 17, 13, 19, 29, 28, 28BOS @ POR · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 6, 23, 18, 5, 18, 19, 22, 26LAL vs SEA · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Eric WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 20, 10, 18, 22, 27, 27, 21, 26BOS @ POR · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 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
Don MacLeanPHI+7.5 18.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Todd DayBOS+6.8 20.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.5 20.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Mitch RichmondSAC+5.7 31.7 last 10 · 26.0 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.4 20.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Avery JohnsonSAS−5.4 5.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
George McCloudDAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−4.2 15.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−4.1 7.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dennis ScottORL−4.1 8.8 last 10 · 12.9 season