FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 13, 1998Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed IND by 12 after the first quarter and won 85–82.

Final
PHI96
CHH103
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +7; Q4 CHH +7
Final
ATL110
CHI112
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIN107
DEN80
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +27
Final
SAC109
GSW92
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +17
Final · 2OT
DAL85
IND82
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +3
Final
BOS97
LAC96
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +1
Final · OT
SEA113
LAL108
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +5
Final
DET86
MIA100
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +14
Final
TOR115
NJN130
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +15
Final
NYK99
ORL83
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +16
Final
HOU81
POR105
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +24
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 13, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC vs LAC), 41 points.
The lead · DAL @ IND

Michael Finley scores 32, Dallas wins in double overtime

Tied 74–74 after regulation. Final: 85–82.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-12-10+400+3DAL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
DAL121229214785
IND241015254482
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 27, 38, 30, 18, 19, 26, 17, 32DAL32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 19, 16, 18, 13, 14, 9, 16DAL16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 12, 12, 23, 18, 19, 16, 15, 12IND12 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Mark JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 4, 9, 9, 6, 7, 4, 6, 11IND11 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 39 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Denver by 27.

BOS over LAC1CHI over ATL2DAL over IND3SEA over LAL5CHH over PHI7MIA over DET14NJN over TOR15NYK over ORL16SAC over GSW17POR over HOU24MIN over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 44

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 30, 27, 26, 24, 21, 31, 33, 44LAL vs SEA · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 42, 14, 19, 14, 30, 12, 29, 40CHH vs PHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 15, 22, 22, 19, 11, 16, 21, 39MIA vs DET · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 29, 14, 31, 15, 40, 18, 29, 37CHI vs ATL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 24, 27, 31, 24, 32, 12, 27, 35SAC @ GSW · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 20, 28, 19, 24, 41, 15, 24, 33SEA @ LAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 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
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+6.1 18.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Anthony GoldwireDEN+6.0 13.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Nick AndersonORL+6.0 14.9 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tony DelkGSW+5.7 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.7 27.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−6.2 6.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ike AustinMIA−5.7 7.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Bison DeleDET−5.4 11.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Kendall GillNJN−4.7 9.5 last 10 · 14.2 season