FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 17, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DET by 3 after three quarters and won 95–94.

Final
IND97
CHI105
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +8
Final
PHX95
DAL77
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +18
Final
NYK91
DEN77
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +14
Final
MIN84
MIA110
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +26
Final
CLE97
PHI98
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +1
Final
GSW83
POR101
Q1 POR +21; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +18
Final
BOS99
SAC102
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +3
Final
DET94
SAS95
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +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 17, 1997: 7 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ SAS

San Antonio takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 3 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 21–17. Final: 95–94. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+1-3+1SAS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2527251794
SAS2924212195
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 14, 23, 27, 14, 34, 26, 30, 28SAS28 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Monty WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 6, 16SAS16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 15, 11, 4, 16, 16, 16, 5, 21DET21 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 28, 19, 16, 24, 21, 22, 20, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.3Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Miami by 26.

PHI over CLE1SAS over DET1SAC over BOS3CHI over IND8NYK over DEN14PHX over DAL18POR over GSW18MIA over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Reggie Miller 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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 20, 15, 25, 16, 30, 10, 31, 34IND @ CHI · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 14, 23, 27, 14, 34, 26, 30, 28SAS vs DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 18, 15, 13, 15, 28, 17, 0, 28CLE @ PHI · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 18, 10, 30, 18, 27, 30, 26, 27PHI vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 31, 15, 40, 18, 29, 37, 21, 27CHI vs IND · W
28.7 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 17, 20, 21, 14, 22, 12, 17, 26GSW @ POR · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 5 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
Nick AndersonORL+7.9 17.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allan HoustonNYK+7.3 23.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Tony DelkGSW+7.0 16.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+6.3 19.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ike AustinMIA−5.7 7.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Elden CampbellLAL−5.2 7.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Bison DeleDET−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season