FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 16, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL85
ATL81
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +4
Final
HOU121
LAC99
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +22
Final
MIL92
NJN103
Q1 NJN +19; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +11
Final
CHH90
UTA96
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +6
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 16, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Rider (POR vs BOS), 40 points.
The lead · ORL @ ATL

Orlando beats Atlanta, 85–81

Orlando led 69–67 after three and won by 4. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+4+2+4ORL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2323231685
ATL2220251481
Who led
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 15, 11, 11, 18, 16, 28, 14, 28ORL28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 11, 10, 11, 7, 12, 14, 6, 17ORL17 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 33, 20, 17, 18, 18, 27, 26, 19, 22ATL22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 13, 14, 7, 12, 18, 24, 25, 19ATL19 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CHH @ UTA

Utah leads Charlotte wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 96–90. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–31. Karl Malone led Utah with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over ATL4UTA over CHH6NJN over MIL11HOU over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over CHH.
Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 30

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.
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 29, 42, 14, 19, 14, 30, 12, 29, 40, 30CHH @ UTA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 39, 29, 15, 25, 24, 25, 27, 30MIL @ NJN · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 15, 11, 11, 18, 16, 28, 14, 28ORL @ ATL · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 18, 20, 4, 19, 25, 8, 10, 25HOU @ LAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 26, 17, 17, 25, 28, 24, 25, 24MIL @ NJN · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 28, 11, 15, 11, 13, 18, 12, 24CHH @ UTA · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
Nick AndersonORL+7.9 17.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allan HoustonNYK+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.2 27.7 last 10 · 21.5 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
Bison DeleDET−4.4 12.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season