FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 20, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed LAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 101–84.

Final
MIL101
DAL99
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +2
Final
TOR97
HOU107
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DEN68
IND92
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +24
Final
MIA92
NJN87
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +5
Final
LAC84
PHI101
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +17
Final
NYK109
SAC87
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +22
Final
BOS105
UTA122
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +17
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 20, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS @ POR), 39 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHI

Philadelphia beats Clippers, 101–84

Philadelphia led 77–68 after three and won by 17. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+9+17PHI AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2720211684
PHI22262924101
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 23, 25, 21, 13, 13, 17, 10, 24PHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 6, 11, 8, 5, 10, 4, 6, 24PHI24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 13, 9, 8, 12, 10, 18, 6, 12LAC12 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 6, 11, 4, 10, 0, 5, 9, 11LAC11 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 24.

MIL over DAL2MIA over NJN5HOU over TOR10PHI over LAC17UTA over BOS17NYK over SAC22IND over DEN24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Hardaway 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.
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 23, 22, 31, 18, 15, 29, 35MIA @ NJN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 36, 24, 26, 30, 24, 15, 37, 34UTA vs BOS · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 11, 11, 18, 15, 13, 21, 18, 33DAL vs MIL · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 13, 23, 23, 15, 21, 15, 29MIL @ DAL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 48, 6, 17, 26, 18, 19, 6, 28, 16, 25HOU vs TOR · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 26, 31, 37, 34, 41, 19, 20, 25SAC vs NYK · L
25.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 0 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
Todd DayBOS+7.3 21.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.4 21.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.4 20.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Wesley PersonPHX+6.2 19.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Glen RiceCHH+5.7 31.4 last 10 · 25.7 season
Cold
George McCloudDAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Avery JohnsonSAS−4.0 6.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−3.7 15.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.6 7.5 last 10 · 11.1 season