FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 23, 1997Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 13 after three quarters and won 88–86.

Final
SAS85
HOU95
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +10
Final
ORL99
IND90
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +9
Final · 2OT
NYK127
LAL121
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +6
Final
DEN86
MIA95
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +9
Final
LAC99
MIL86
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +13
Final
BOS93
NJN109
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +16
Final
DAL88
PHX86
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -13; Q4 DAL +2
Final · OT
SEA89
UTA87
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +2
Final
CLE91
VAN84
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +7
Final
DET85
WSB79
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +6
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 23, 1996: 9 games. Top scorer: Rex Chapman (MIA vs CHI), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Dallas climbs out of a 13-point hole against Phoenix

Down 13 after three, the Mavericks won the fourth quarter 26–11 and the game 88–86. Michael Finley led Dallas with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-1-7-13+2DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2025172688
PHX2131231186
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 18, 15, 13, 21, 18, 33, 20, 20DAL20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shawn BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 9, 9, 14, 8, 10, 19, 18DAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 14, 24, 16, 19, 18, 20, 22PHX22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 20, 33, 10, 15, 22, 20, 22, 15PHX15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 10 games went past regulation.

DAL over PHX2SEA over UTA2NYK over LAL6DET over WSB6CLE over VAN7ORL over IND9MIA over DEN9HOU over SAS10LAC over MIL13NJN over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 53 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Elden Campbell 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.
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 20, 34, 21, 19, 20, 23, 23, 40LAL vs NYK · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 18, 18, 17, 23, 31, 24, 7, 34NYK @ LAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 25 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 24, 26, 30, 24, 15, 37, 34, 32UTA vs SEA · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 10, 15, 22, 37, 13, 18, 24, 29DEN @ MIA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 22, 17, 28, 15, 14, 16, 11, 29NYK @ LAL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 8, 8, 22, 11, 32, 17, 18, 28SAS @ HOU · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Elden CampbellLAL+9.1 22.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+7.8 22.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kevin WillisHOU+6.8 17.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.5 12.6 last 10 · 6.1 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.6 13.8 last 10 · 20.4 season
George McCloudLAL−5.1 8.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−4.9 18.5 last 10 · 23.4 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Dale EllisDEN−4.4 12.7 last 10 · 17.1 season