FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 11, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed SAS by 9 after three quarters and won 106–105.

Final
CHI92
CHH90
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIL83
DET95
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +12
Final
WAS110
LAC104
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +6
Final
GSW99
LAL105
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +6
Final
IND110
MIA101
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +9
Final
ORL96
MIN89
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DAL90
PHI91
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +1
Final
SEA106
SAS105
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -9; Q4 SEA +1
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 11, 1997: 12 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs CHH), 43 points.
The lead · SEA @ SAS

Seattle fights back late to top San Antonio

San Antonio led 94–85 after three. Seattle won the fourth 21–11 and the game 106–105. Vin Baker led Seattle with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-2-4-9+1SEA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA27322621106
SAS29343111105
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 23, 20, 28, 19, 24, 41, 15, 24SEA24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 19, 5, 19, 18, 20, 24, 8, 21SEA21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 13, 15, 14, 23, 27, 14, 34, 26SAS26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 17, 16, 34, 31, 28, 33, 23, 20SAS20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 12.

PHI over DAL1SEA over SAS1CHI over CHH2WAS over LAC6LAL over GSW6ORL over MIN7IND over MIA9DET over MIL12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 38 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Rodney Rogers 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.
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 10, 10, 8, 19, 19, 22, 10, 34LAC vs WAS · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 26, 30, 27, 26, 24, 21, 31, 33LAL vs GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 9, 14, 25, 26, 13, 25, 21, 32WAS @ LAC · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 27, 19, 17, 11, 15, 19, 11, 32MIA vs IND · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 20, 15, 24, 20, 15, 25, 16, 30IND @ MIA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 11, 15, 18, 20, 26, 14, 13, 29MIN vs ORL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Tony DelkGSW+6.1 15.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+5.0 19.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Matt MaloneyHOU+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.8 8.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Elden CampbellLAL−6.2 6.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bison DeleDET−5.7 11.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Kendall GillNJN−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ike AustinMIA−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 season