FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 23, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 101–100.

Final
CLE75
CHI97
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +22
Final
CHH118
DEN98
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +20
Final
SAC85
DET111
Q1 DET +20; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +26
Final
SEA101
LAC100
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +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 23, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Elden Campbell (LAL vs NYK), 40 points.
The lead · SEA @ LAC

Seattle fights back from 9 down against Clippers

Final: 101–100, after trailing by 9 after one. Vin Baker led Seattle with 27 points, 7 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+1+1SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA26252327101
LAC35182027100
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 15, 24, 33, 10, 17, 25, 12, 27SEA27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 2, 6, 7, 16, 11, 16, 8, 18SEA18 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 4, 15, 28, 20, 18, 15, 11, 24LAC24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 15, 18, 4, 2, 13, 16, 16, 19LAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CHH @ DEN

Charlotte leads Denver wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 118–98. Best quarter: the fourth, 38–35. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over LAC1CHH over DEN20CHI over CLE22DET over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.7 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 31

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: 14, 30, 12, 29, 40, 30, 31, 10, 23, 31CHH @ DEN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 24, 21, 22, 20, 20, 16, 5, 28DET vs SAC · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 15, 24, 33, 10, 17, 25, 12, 27SEA @ LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 4, 15, 28, 20, 18, 15, 11, 24LAC vs SEA · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 15, 16, 13, 23, 19, 17, 10, 23DEN vs CHH · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 12, 6, 14, 10, 2, 22, 17, 22CHH @ DEN · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Danny FortsonDEN−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Michael JordanCHI−4.2 23.9 last 10 · 28.1 season
Kevin WillisHOU−4.2 13.0 last 10 · 17.2 season