FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 25, 1997Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by DAL (vs CHH) and SEA (vs CLE).

Final
SEA72
CLE66
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +6
Final
CHH84
DAL86
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +2
Final · OT
TOR124
DEN122
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
LAL96
HOU100
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +4
Final
PHI93
LAC98
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +5
Final
SAC90
NJN97
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +7
Final
NYK99
UTA110
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final
IND87
WSB108
Q1 WSB +8; Q2 WSB +21; Q3 WSB +25; Q4 WSB +21
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 25, 1996: 10 games. Top scorer: Vin Baker (MIL @ WSB), 35 points.
The lead · CHH @ DAL

Dallas takes over late to edge Charlotte

Down 3 after three, Dallas won the fourth 26–21. Final: 86–84. Michael Finley led Dallas with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-1-3+2DAL AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH1619282184
DAL1915262686
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 15, 13, 21, 18, 33, 20, 20, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Erick StricklandPoints, last 9 games: 4, 0, 3, 11, 2, 14, 7, 13, 17DAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 27, 21, 40, 36, 29, 23, 33, 29CHH29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ricky PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 0, 0, 13, 9, 9, 6, 13, 16CHH16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 21.

DAL over CHH2TOR over DEN2HOU over LAL4LAC over PHI5SEA over CLE6NJN over SAC7UTA over NYK11WSB over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire 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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 15, 12, 14, 23, 21, 17, 15, 35TOR @ DEN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 26, 30, 24, 15, 37, 34, 32, 33UTA vs NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 15, 22, 37, 13, 18, 24, 29, 32DEN vs TOR · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 31, 37, 34, 41, 19, 20, 25, 32SAC @ NJN · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 27, 21, 40, 36, 29, 23, 33, 29CHH @ DAL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 19, 25, 17, 20, 25, 25, 9, 28WSB vs IND · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 9 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+9.9 23.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+7.8 22.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.5 12.6 last 10 · 6.1 season
Voshon LenardMIA+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−7.0 13.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Dale EllisDEN−5.3 11.8 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
George McCloudLAL−4.4 8.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.1 17.7 last 10 · 21.8 season