FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 25, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHI by 3 at halftime and won 117–108.

Final
SAC94
BOS111
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +17
Final
POR106
CHI101
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +5
Final
VAN101
CLE106
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +5
Final
ATL112
DEN88
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +23; Q3 ATL +28; Q4 ATL +24
Final
CHH98
DET88
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +10
Final
LAL96
IND89
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +7
Final
PHI108
LAC117
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +9
Final
DAL79
ORL100
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +21
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 25, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Damon Stoudamire (TOR @ DEN), 35 points.
The lead · PHI @ LAC

Clippers beat Philadelphia, 117–108

Clippers led 77–75 after three and won by 9. Eric Piatkowski led Clippers with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+8-3+2+9LAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI19302633108
LAC27193140117
Who led
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 4, 2, 13, 16, 16, 19, 27LAC27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 12, 2, 17, 12, 17, 17, 13, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 16, 18, 17, 16, 24, 20, 18, 25PHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Brian ShawPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 20, 7, 10, 2, 10, 4, 3, 24PHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · DAL @ ORL

Orlando routs Dallas by 21

Orlando led by 10 at halftime and won 100–79. Bo Outlaw led Orlando with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over CHI5CLE over VAN5LAL over IND7LAC over PHI9CHH over DET10BOS over SAC17ORL over DAL21ATL over DEN24Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DAL.
Top performances

Michael Jordan 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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 40, 18, 29, 37, 21, 27, 16, 19, 17, 33CHI vs POR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 29, 40, 30, 31, 10, 23, 31, 33CHH @ DET · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Cedric HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 5, 0, 23, 0, 27, 4, 2, 30CLE vs VAN · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Bo OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 3, 14, 18, 6, 6, 3, 10, 29ORL vs DAL · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 7, 12, 22, 22, 14, 9, 31, 29VAN @ CLE · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 21, 22, 20, 20, 16, 5, 28, 27DET vs CHH · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+11.0 22.3 last 10 · 11.3 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
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kevin WillisHOU−4.2 13.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Danny FortsonDEN−4.2 4.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−4.0 4.9 last 10 · 8.9 season