FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 27, 1998Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 11 at halftime and won 90–87.

Final
GSW88
BOS120
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +28; Q4 BOS +32
Final
PHI79
DEN78
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +1
Final
CLE87
DET90
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +3
Final
POR59
IND124
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +30; Q3 IND +41; Q4 IND +65
Final
PHX104
LAC99
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +5
Final
LAL104
MIN91
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +13
Final · 3OT
TOR115
ORL107
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR -9; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR 0; OT2 TOR 0; OT3 TOR +8
Final
ATL88
SEA90
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +2
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 27, 1997: 5 games. Top scorer: Elden Campbell (LAL @ WSB), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Detroit rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 at the half, Detroit outscored the Cavaliers 50–36 the rest of the way. Final: 90–87. Jerome Williams led Detroit with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-1-11-3+3DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2724191787
DET2614272390
Who led
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 0, 2, 5, 0, 8, 7, 5, 17DET17 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 14, 21, 7, 6, 19, 19, 14, 17DET17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 11, 30, 20, 27, 20, 13, 16, 26CLE26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Cedric HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 0, 23, 0, 27, 4, 2, 30, 13CLE13 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Portland by 65.

PHI over DEN1SEA over ATL2DET over CLE3PHX over LAC5TOR over ORL8LAL over MIN13BOS over GSW32IND over POR65Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Doug Christie leads the day with 35

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.
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 26, 18, 17, 18, 23, 18, 17, 35TOR @ ORL · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 44, 18, 30, 19, 20, 21, 24, 35LAL @ MIN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 11, 30, 20, 27, 20, 13, 16, 26CLE @ DET · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 3, 5, 9, 8, 16, 17, 19, 24LAC vs PHX · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 11, 20, 16, 16, 17, 28, 15, 24BOS vs GSW · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 9, 29, 27, 19, 14, 22, 8, 24TOR @ ORL · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Rod StricklandWAS+5.8 23.6 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 10.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Danny FortsonDEN−4.2 4.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Olden PolyniceSAC−4.0 4.9 last 10 · 8.9 season