FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 1, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIN by 13 at halftime and won 118–110.

Final
HOU96
BOS107
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +11
Final
UTA115
GSW88
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +32; Q4 UTA +27
Final
IND99
LAC92
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +7
Final
CHI87
LAL112
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +25
Final
MIL118
MIN110
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -13; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +8
Final
MIA83
NYK89
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +6
Final
TOR90
POR97
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +7
Final
SAS103
SAC97
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +6
Final
NJN87
SEA97
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +10
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 · 1996–97Feb 1, 1997: 7 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ LAC), 40 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIN

Milwaukee rallies from 13 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 13 at the half, Milwaukee outscored the Timberwolves 71–50 the rest of the way. Final: 118–110. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-5-13+1+8MIL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL23243536118
MIN28322129110
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 33, 31, 20, 24, 26, 14, 39, 29MIL29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 21, 19, 22, 20, 23, 13, 22, 22MIL22 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 22, 20, 20, 11, 15, 18, 20, 26MIN26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Terry PorterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 13, 10, 16, 9, 11, 11, 9, 22MIN22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · SAS @ SAC

San Antonio makes it four straight

San Antonio beat Sacramento 103–97 and moved to 33–14. David Robinson led San Antonio with 33 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
W@ CHH76–71W@ MIL98–92L@ NJN84–95Wvs ATL90–76Wvs DAL81–75L@ HOU87–112Wvs HOU115–90Wvs LAC109–86W@ LAC97–87W@ SAC103–97SAS: last 10 games through Feb 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Isaiah Rider 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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 2, 24, 29, 18, 28, 14, 29, 38POR vs TOR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 24, 11, 14, 16, 13, 8, 13, 35NYK vs MIA · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 13, 12, 17, 16, 34, 31, 28, 33SAS @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 24, 22, 27, 31, 32, 24, 27, 31SAC vs SAS · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 45, 33, 32, 32, 20, 29, 14, 31CHI @ LAL · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 33, 31, 20, 24, 26, 14, 39, 29MIL @ MIN · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Michael FinleyDAL+4.5 25.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.4 13.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Allan HoustonNYK+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.6 7.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Toni KukocCHI−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Bison DeleDET−4.8 12.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Kendall GillNJN−4.2 10.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Chris GatlingNJN−4.2 8.6 last 10 · 12.8 season