FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 26, 1998Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed SAC by 5 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
MIN98
HOU118
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +20
Final
DAL72
MIA91
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +19
Final
SAC99
NJN102
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +3
Final
MIL90
NYK102
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +12
Final
TOR86
SAS97
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +11
Final
PHX97
UTA108
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +11
Final
GSW87
WAS110
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +23
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 26, 1997: 9 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (SAC @ BOS), 38 points.
The lead · SAC @ NJN

New Jersey takes over late to edge Sacramento

Down 1 after three, New Jersey won the fourth 26–22. Final: 102–99. Sam Cassell led New Jersey with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-4-5-1+3NJN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3225202299
NJN28242426102
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 8, 30, 18, 24, 28, 22, 28, 25NJN25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Jayson WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 17, 16, 3, 14, 5, 18, 20NJN20 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 10, 24, 21, 8, 21, 9, 16, 30SAC30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 35, 29, 23, 22, 32, 14, 19, 23SAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 2 vs 1996–97 avg
Minutes per game
21.81996–97 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.8 in 1996–97 (74 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg24.5Today

24 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · TOR @ SAS

San Antonio controls Toronto start to finish

San Antonio won 97–86, leading by as many as 16 at a break. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over SAC3SAS over TOR11UTA over PHX11NYK over MIL12MIA over DAL19HOU over MIN20WAS over GSW23Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over TOR.
Top performances

Michael Finley 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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 17, 32, 31, 22, 10, 8, 16, 31DAL @ MIA · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 10, 24, 21, 8, 21, 9, 16, 30SAC @ NJN · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 29, 31, 34, 23, 25, 24, 26, 28UTA vs PHX · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 24, 25, 24, 25, 17, 20, 19, 26MIL @ NYK · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 20, 22, 18, 14, 20, 23, 36, 26WAS vs GSW · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 25, 27, 30, 21, 22, 29, 16, 26MIL @ NYK · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+8.5 23.8 last 10 · 15.3 season
Calbert CheaneyWAS+6.5 19.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.3 25.6 last 10 · 19.3 season
Anthony GoldwireDEN+6.0 13.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Steve NashPHX−4.4 5.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Danny FortsonDEN−4.2 4.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−4.0 4.9 last 10 · 8.9 season