FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 18, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed POR by 5 after three quarters and won 101–95.

Final
NJN104
ATL114
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +10
Final
CHH77
GSW88
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +11
Final
MIN102
ORL115
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +13
Final
LAL103
PHX110
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +7
Final
POR95
SEA101
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 SEA +6
Final
NYK78
UTA94
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +26; Q3 UTA +30; Q4 UTA +16
Final
BOS114
VAN105
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIL108
WAS98
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +10
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 18, 1997: 6 games. Top scorer: Scottie Pippen (CHI vs DEN), 47 points.
The lead · POR @ SEA

Seattle gets past Portland

101–95, with Seattle ahead 44–41 at halftime. Dale Ellis led Seattle with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+3-5+6SEA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2417342095
SEA22222631101
Who led
Dale EllisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 18, 16, 5, 5, 17, 14, 4, 19SEA19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 19, 24, 41, 15, 24, 33, 10, 17SEA17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 38, 14, 15, 24, 25, 31, 24, 26POR26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 11, 21, 16, 21, 19, 19, 12, 14POR14 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Second story · MIL @ WAS

Milwaukee takes care of Washington

A 10-point win, 108–98. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over POR6PHX over LAL7BOS over VAN9ATL over NJN10MIL over WAS10GSW over CHH11ORL over MIN13UTA over NYK16Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Rod Strickland leads the day with 33

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.
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 26, 13, 25, 21, 32, 22, 20, 33WAS vs MIL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 42, 14, 19, 14, 30, 12, 29, 40, 30, 31CHH @ GSW · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 26, 24, 21, 31, 33, 44, 18, 30LAL @ PHX · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dana BarrosPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 14, 16, 10, 10, 11, 11, 13, 29BOS @ VAN · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 11, 11, 18, 16, 28, 14, 28, 28ORL vs MIN · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 23, 8, 10, 15, 28, 26, 18, 27BOS @ VAN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
Nick AndersonORL+9.1 19.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Tony DelkGSW+8.6 18.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+7.0 21.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK+6.5 22.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+6.3 19.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ike AustinMIA−5.7 7.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Bison DeleDET−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Elden CampbellLAL−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kevin JohnsonPHX−4.5 6.5 last 10 · 11.0 season