FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 28, 1997Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed DEN by 7 after the first quarter and won 112–108.

Final
LAL75
ATL86
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +11
Final · OT
DET106
BOS100
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
SAC108
CHI126
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +30; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +18
Final · OT
NYK112
DEN108
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
MIL85
IND104
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +19
Final
TOR92
LAC94
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +2
Final
SEA96
MIA95
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +1
Final
GSW117
NJN108
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +9
Final
SAS73
ORL94
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +21
Final
UTA105
POR115
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +10
Final
PHI104
VAN100
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +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 28, 1996: 8 games. Top scorer: David Wesley (BOS vs CHH), 33 points.
The lead · NYK @ DEN

New York edges Denver in overtime, 112–108

Regulation ended 95–95. New York won by four. John Starks led New York with 23 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7+2+60+4NYK AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK2927241517112
DEN3618202113108
Who led
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 11, 15, 2, 8, 16, 21, 10, 23NYK23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 23, 31, 24, 7, 34, 28, 27, 22NYK22 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 14, 21, 25, 17, 11, 10, 13, 32DEN32 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 22, 37, 13, 18, 24, 29, 32, 29DEN29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 56 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat San Antonio by 21.

SEA over MIA1LAC over TOR2NYK over DEN4PHI over VAN4DET over BOS6GSW over NJN9POR over UTA10ATL over LAL11CHI over SAC18IND over MIL19ORL over SAS21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 37

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 32, 20, 41, 17, 18, 18, 19, 37GSW @ NJN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 43, 30, 19, 24, 36, 34, 37, 23, 35CHI vs SAC · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 14, 21, 25, 17, 11, 10, 13, 32DEN vs NYK · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 15, 35, 13, 13, 16, 20, 12, 19, 30POR vs UTA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 24, 15, 37, 34, 32, 33, 32, 30UTA @ POR · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 25, 22, 30, 17, 11, 24, 28, 30NJN vs GSW · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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+10.8 24.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+7.2 21.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Dean GarrettMIN+5.9 12.1 last 10 · 6.2 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN+5.9 24.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Dale EllisDEN−6.5 10.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.5 14.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Shawn KempSEA−4.9 15.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
George McCloudLAL−4.9 7.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jayson WilliamsNJN−4.5 8.9 last 10 · 13.4 season