FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 17, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed TOR by 19 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
ORL110
CHH124
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +15; Q4 CHH +14
Final
NJN101
CLE108
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +7
Final
ATL98
HOU127
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +29
Final
TOR103
IND105
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -19; Q3 IND -13; Q4 IND +2
Final
BOS108
SEA113
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +5
Final
DAL100
VAN95
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +5
Final
MIL93
WSB95
Q1 WSB -3; Q2 WSB +9; Q3 WSB +3; Q4 WSB +2
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 17, 1996: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (ORL @ MIA), 31 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Indiana erases 19-point lead, steals one from Toronto

Toronto led 68–49 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 56–35 to take it 105–103. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-19-13+2IND AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR36322213103
IND29202828105
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 40, 33, 28, 18, 26, 22, 14, 20, 25IND25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 4, 2, 4, 4, 5, 7, 1, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 7, 26, 19, 13, 15, 12, 14, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 7, 33, 13, 17, 8, 17, 4, 9, 7, 21TOR21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIL @ WSB

Washington holds off Milwaukee, 95–93

Washington led 72–69 after three and held on to win by two. Juwan Howard led Washington with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
IND over TOR2WSB over MIL2SEA over BOS5DAL over VAN5CLE over NJN7CHH over ORL14HOU over ATL29Final margin, points. Pink = WSB over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice 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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 43, 40, 24, 17, 32, 27, 21, 40CHH vs ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 32, 25, 18, 28, 26, 25, 22, 30NJN @ CLE · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 15, 32, 20, 25, 23, 8, 14, 30NJN @ CLE · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 13, 13, 24, 22, 18, 21, 15, 28CHH vs ORL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 11, 11, 22, 18, 20, 19, 7, 28ORL @ CHH · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 41, 24, 14, 36, 11, 6, 21, 25, 28ATL @ HOU · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.8 22.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Todd DayBOS+6.6 19.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.4 20.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+5.8 21.6 last 10 · 15.8 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−4.4 14.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.3 17.7 last 10 · 21.0 season