FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 14, 1998Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed PHI by 10 at halftime and won 105–98.

Final
IND96
ATL92
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +4
Final
MIL99
CLE93
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +6
Final
NJN105
PHI98
Q1 NJN -9; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +7
Final
PHX94
SAS81
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +13
Final
UTA111
SEA91
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +20
Final · OT
WAS108
VAN110
Q1 VAN +7; Q2 VAN +2; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN 0; OT1 VAN +2
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 14, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ PHI

Sam Cassell scores 30 as New Jersey wins in Philadelphia

Final: 105–98. Sam Cassell made 14 of 25 shots from the field.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-9-100+7NJN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN21232932105
PHI3024192598
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 13, 26, 4, 16, 5, 26, 8, 30NJN30 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 24, 11, 12, 24, 20, 5, 17, 22NJN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 10, 19, 9, 10, 4, 16, 6, 27PHI27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 6, 18, 10, 30, 18, 27, 30, 26PHI26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · IND @ ATL

Indiana handles Atlanta by 4

The Pacers won the second quarter 28–24. Final: 96–92. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
VAN over WAS2IND over ATL4MIL over CLE6NJN over PHI7PHX over SAS13UTA over SEA20Final margin, points. Pink = IND over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 27, 29, 20, 23, 30, 29, 31, 34UTA @ SEA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 24, 20, 15, 25, 16, 30, 10, 31IND @ ATL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 13, 26, 4, 16, 5, 26, 8, 30NJN @ PHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 15, 14, 23, 27, 14, 34, 26, 30SAS vs PHX · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 1, 0, 6, 0, 6, 6, 6, 30CLE vs MIL · L
5.9 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 15, 5, 22, 12, 21, 6, 29PHX @ SAS · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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
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
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.6 18.4 last 10 · 12.8 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
Dennis ScottDAL−4.5 9.1 last 10 · 13.6 season