FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 24, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed PHX by 18 at halftime and won 85–84.

Final
LAL98
MIL81
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +17
Final
VAN101
NJN110
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +9
Final
GSW87
NYK82
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +5
Final
PHI85
PHX84
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -18; Q3 PHI -12; Q4 PHI +1
Final
MIN99
SAS105
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +6
Final
MIA104
UTA102
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +2
Final
HOU112
WAS124
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +12
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 24, 1997: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs POR), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ PHX

Philadelphia erases 18-point lead, steals one from Phoenix

Phoenix led 57–39 at halftime. Philadelphia won the second half 46–27 to take it 85–84. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-18-12+1PHI AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2415202685
PHX3126141384
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 27, 30, 26, 27, 13, 27, 33, 27PHI27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 7, 16, 18, 17, 16, 24, 20, 18PHI18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 7, 31, 6, 20, 25, 36, 15, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 13, 28, 12, 8, 9, 8, 17, 15PHX15 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Lakers by 17.

PHI over PHX1MIA over UTA2GSW over NYK5SAS over MIN6NJN over VAN9WAS over HOU12LAL over MIL17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 36

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 31, 20, 22, 18, 14, 20, 23, 36WAS vs HOU · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 25, 21, 32, 22, 20, 33, 19, 31WAS vs HOU · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 6, 7, 12, 22, 22, 14, 9, 31VAN @ NJN · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 5, 17, 22, 19, 20, 13, 24, 29NJN vs VAN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 34, 26, 30, 28, 26, 29, 17, 28SAS vs MIN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 26, 8, 30, 18, 24, 28, 22, 28NJN vs VAN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Tracy MurrayWAS+7.9 23.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.7 25.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.5 24.2 last 10 · 17.7 season
Terry PorterMIN+6.5 14.9 last 10 · 8.4 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
Kevin WillisHOU−4.2 13.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Michael JordanCHI−4.2 23.9 last 10 · 28.1 season