FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 3, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed BOS by 12 after the first quarter and won 93–89.

Final
BOS89
CHH93
Q1 CHH -12; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH +2; Q4 CHH +4
Final
SAS105
GSW96
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +9
Final
VAN97
HOU110
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +13
Final
UTA102
LAC111
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +9
Final
NYK78
MIL82
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +4
Final
ATL90
ORL91
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +1
Final
NJN97
POR98
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +1
Final
IND115
SAC93
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +22; Q3 IND +30; Q4 IND +22
Final
PHX110
TOR105
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +5
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 3, 1997: 3 games. Top scorer: Eric Williams (BOS @ TOR), 27 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHH

Charlotte fights back from 12 down against Boston

Final: 93–89, after trailing by 12 after one. Matt Geiger led Charlotte with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-12+1+2+4CHH AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2716222489
CHH1529232693
Who led
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 28, 13, 13, 10, 10, 14, 9, 24CHH24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 6, 18, 28, 15, 13, 28, 11, 15CHH15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 30, 19, 22, 16, 18, 38, 27, 23BOS23 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 10, 15, 3, 1, 5, 2, 7, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Sacramento by 22.

ORL over ATL1POR over NJN1CHH over BOS4MIL over NYK4PHX over TOR5SAS over GSW9LAC over UTA9HOU over VAN13IND over SAC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 34

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 23, 13, 15, 14, 23, 27, 14, 34SAS @ GSW · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 24, 26, 20, 16, 27, 26, 9, 30VAN @ HOU · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 13, 21, 19, 21, 6, 14, 17, 25HOU vs VAN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
James RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 5, 6, 11, 9, 0, 0, 12, 25LAC vs UTA · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 16, 24, 2, 30, 3, 13, 22, 24PHX @ TOR · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 14, 14, 6, 10, 30, 9, 10, 24POR vs NJN · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 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
Michael FinleyDAL+6.0 27.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.7 14.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Matt MaloneyHOU+4.6 13.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+4.2 19.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Bison DeleDET−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Elden CampbellLAL−5.6 7.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Toni KukocCHI−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Sam CassellNJN−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Chris GatlingNJN−4.1 8.4 last 10 · 12.5 season