FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 15, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 105–99.

Final
DET90
CHI99
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +9
Final
BOS87
GSW101
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +14
Final
HOU90
LAL88
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +2
Final · OT
DAL99
MIN105
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +6
Final
CLE91
NYK102
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +11
Final
DEN82
POR117
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +35
Final
WAS86
SAC88
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +2
Final
MIA116
TOR95
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +21
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 15, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Kenny Anderson (POR vs HOU), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIN

Minnesota outlasts Dallas in overtime

86–86 at the end of regulation. Minnesota took the last extra period 19–13. Final: 105–99. Sam Mitchell led Minnesota with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7+100+6MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL221327241399
MIN1521262419105
Who led
Sam MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 21, 18, 17, 7, 13, 12, 6, 25MIN25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 31, 35, 14, 27, 29, 13, 22, 23MIN23 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 38, 30, 18, 19, 26, 17, 32, 31DAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 19, 16, 18, 13, 14, 9, 16, 15DAL15 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Denver by 35, the widest margin of 8 games.

HOU over LAL2SAC over WAS2MIN over DAL6CHI over DET9NYK over CLE11GSW over BOS14MIA over TOR21POR over DEN35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston 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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 27, 28, 20, 21, 20, 21, 23, 34NYK vs CLE · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 38, 30, 18, 19, 26, 17, 32, 31DAL @ MIN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 14, 29, 38, 14, 15, 24, 25, 31POR vs DEN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 22, 22, 19, 11, 16, 21, 39, 31MIA @ TOR · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 11, 10, 18, 16, 10, 9, 0, 31DET @ CHI · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 27, 16, 14, 13, 14, 27, 11, 30CLE @ NYK · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 6 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
Allan HoustonNYK+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.2 27.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nick AndersonORL+6.0 14.9 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Anthony GoldwireDEN+5.8 12.9 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Ike AustinMIA−6.2 6.6 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Elden CampbellLAL−5.2 7.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Kendall GillNJN−4.4 9.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Bison DeleDET−4.4 12.4 last 10 · 16.8 season