FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 26, 1997Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed POR by 15 after three quarters and won 96–95.

Final
SAC111
BOS105
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +6
Final
GSW84
DET117
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +26; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +33
Final
SEA78
IND92
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +14
Final
ATL79
MIL72
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIA86
ORL98
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +12
Final
PHI104
PHX111
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +7
Final · OT
NYK96
POR95
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK -15; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +1
Final
MIN108
SAS89
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +19
Final
LAC83
VAN80
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +3
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 26, 1996: 4 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ BOS), 39 points.
The lead · NYK @ POR

New York needs overtime to survive Portland

Tied 89–89 after regulation. New York won the final period 7–6 for a 96–95 win. Patrick Ewing led New York with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4+7-150+1NYK AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK2033531796
POR24222716695
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 17, 23, 31, 24, 7, 34, 28, 27NYK27 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 18, 16, 13, 22, 8, 10, 13, 14NYK14 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 12, 16, 22, 20, 25, 10, 11, 20POR20 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 15, 35, 13, 13, 16, 20, 12, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Golden State by 33, the widest margin of 9 games.

NYK over POR1LAC over VAN3SAC over BOS6ATL over MIL7PHX over PHI7ORL over MIA12IND over SEA14MIN over SAS19DET over GSW33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mitch Richmond leads the day with 38

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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 37, 34, 41, 19, 20, 25, 32, 38SAC @ BOS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 22, 27, 20, 16, 25, 20, 14, 36PHX vs PHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 17, 16, 19, 23, 28, 20, 18, 29MIN @ SAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 24, 19, 31, 24, 26, 30, 24, 28VAN vs LAC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 16, 20, 26, 18, 17, 21, 16, 28PHI @ PHX · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 17, 23, 31, 24, 7, 34, 28, 27NYK @ POR · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 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
Elden CampbellLAL+9.9 23.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+7.9 22.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Dean GarrettMIN+6.9 13.2 last 10 · 6.3 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+6.1 24.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Vinny Del NegroSAS+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Shawn KempSEA−6.1 14.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.4 16.2 last 10 · 21.6 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