FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 22, 1998Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 14 at halftime and won 90–82.

Final
MIA90
GSW82
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -14; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CLE71
MIL79
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +8
Final
SAC95
MIN113
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +18
Final
HOU74
NYK92
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +18
Final
LAL94
ORL96
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +2
Final
IND97
PHI92
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
Final
SAS79
PHX97
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +18
Final
BOS96
POR121
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +25
Final
DEN68
SEA88
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +20
Final · OT
VAN105
TOR113
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +8
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 22, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs GSW), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ GSW

Miami climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 14 at the half. Miami won it 90–82. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 24 points, 0 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-14-5+8MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2211273090
GSW2522181782
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 11, 32, 22, 13, 17, 16, 21, 24MIA24 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 16, 21, 39, 31, 17, 28, 26, 21MIA21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 2, 23, 12, 17, 19, 30, 9, 20, 18, 28GSW28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 11, 4, 15, 13, 16, 18, 16, 22GSW22 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Boston by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

ORL over LAL2IND over PHI5MIA over GSW8MIL over CLE8TOR over VAN8MIN over SAC18NYK over HOU18PHX over SAS18SEA over DEN20POR over BOS25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 18, 27, 30, 26, 27, 13, 27, 33PHI vs IND · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 32, 12, 27, 35, 29, 23, 22, 32SAC @ MIN · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 18, 16, 28, 14, 28, 28, 37, 30ORL vs LAL · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 25, 24, 25, 27, 30, 21, 22, 29MIL vs CLE · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 2, 23, 12, 17, 19, 30, 9, 20, 18, 28GSW vs MIA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 19, 24, 11, 20, 16, 16, 17, 28BOS @ POR · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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+10.9 22.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tony DelkGSW+7.3 17.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+6.6 21.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.3 25.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.1 23.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Bison DeleDET−4.4 12.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kevin WillisHOU−4.2 13.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Ike AustinLAC−4.1 8.6 last 10 · 12.7 season