FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 28, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed WAS by 9 after the first quarter and won 104–102.

Final
WAS102
BOS104
Q1 BOS -9; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +2
Final
ORL86
DET91
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +5
Final
NJN106
LAL95
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +11
Final
NYK82
MIA86
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +4
Final · OT
IND93
PHI90
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
LAC86
SAS109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +23
Final
SEA101
UTA93
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +8
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 · 1996–97Jan 28, 1997: 11 games. Top scorer: Mookie Blaylock (ATL @ LAC), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Boston climbs out of a 9-point hole against Washington

Down 9 after one, the Celtics won the second quarter 31–29 and the game 104–102. Ron Mercer led Boston with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-9-70+2BOS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS31292121102
BOS22312823104
Who led
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 14, 21, 10, 6, 14, 13, 16, 22BOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 22, 16, 15, 30, 19, 22, 16, 18BOS18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 17, 0, 23, 20, 13, 22, 8, 22WAS22 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 17, 21, 25, 21, 15, 20, 25, 20WAS20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ORL @ DET

Detroit handles Orlando by 5

The Pistons won the second quarter 27–16. Final: 91–86. Grant Hill led Detroit with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over WAS2IND over PHI3MIA over NYK4DET over ORL5SEA over UTA8NJN over LAL11SAS over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = DET over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 43 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.6Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.6 in 43 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

David Robinson leads the day with 31

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.
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 9, 30, 13, 12, 17, 16, 34, 31SAS vs LAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 26, 23, 21, 19, 22, 7, 13, 30NJN @ LAL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 37, 30, 26, 10, 35, 20, 19, 29DET vs ORL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 21, 13, 21, 21, 19, 23, 20, 28SEA @ UTA · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 32, 32, 34, 24, 35, 26, 30, 27LAL vs NJN · L
27.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 19, 23, 32, 30, 27, 26, 35, 27UTA vs SEA · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Damon StoudamireTOR+4.6 24.2 last 10 · 19.6 season
Chauncey BillupsBOS+4.2 15.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cedric HendersonCLE+4.0 14.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Grant HillDET+3.9 25.3 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.4 6.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Bison DeleDET−4.7 12.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Lindsey HunterDET−4.6 9.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Chris GatlingNJN−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Toni KukocCHI−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season