FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 21, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CLE by 8 at halftime and won 94–88.

Final
HOU74
ATL76
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +2
Final
LAC96
CHH114
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH +15; Q4 CHH +18
Final
NJN84
DET98
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +14
Final
VAN91
LAL99
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
POR114
MIA110
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +4
Final
GSW82
MIN101
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +18; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +19
Final
DEN86
ORL99
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +13
Final
CLE88
PHX94
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIL93
SAS98
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +5
Final
NYK64
SEA84
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +20
Final
CHI103
WSB99
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +4
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 21, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Larry Johnson (CHH vs WSB), 32 points.
The lead · CLE @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 8 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 8 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Cavaliers 51–37 the rest of the way. Final: 94–88. Wesley Person led Phoenix with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-80+6PHX AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2823112688
PHX2419193294
Who led
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 18, 20, 33, 10, 15, 22, 20, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 19, 20, 14, 24, 16, 19, 18, 20PHX20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 10, 6, 10, 14, 3, 8, 11, 23CLE23 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 6, 14, 14, 22, 17, 14, 19, 17CLE17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat New York by 20.

ATL over HOU2POR over MIA4CHI over WSB4SAS over MIL5PHX over CLE6LAL over VAN8ORL over DEN13DET over NJN14CHH over LAC18MIN over GSW19SEA over NYK20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 36

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: 32, 18, 45, 36, 27, 43, 30, 19, 24, 36CHI @ WSB · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 24, 14, 24, 19, 31, 24, 26, 30VAN @ LAL · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 43, 40, 24, 17, 32, 27, 21, 40, 36, 29CHH vs LAC · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 28, 38, 0, 20, 24, 11, 5, 29MIA vs POR · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 7, 21, 22, 5, 13, 22, 47, 28CHI @ WSB · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 13, 23, 23, 15, 21, 15, 29, 27MIL @ SAS · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Dean GarrettMIN+6.5 12.6 last 10 · 6.1 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.4 24.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.4 20.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Wesley PersonPHX+6.2 20.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−6.4 17.0 last 10 · 23.4 season
George McCloudDAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Shawn KempSEA−4.7 16.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−3.9 17.1 last 10 · 21.0 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−3.8 10.0 last 10 · 13.8 season