FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 28, 1998Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 15 after three quarters and won 95–93.

Final
ORL80
CHH90
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +10
Final
SAC94
CHI109
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +15
Final
MIA95
NJN93
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -12; Q3 MIA -15; Q4 MIA +2
Final
PHI88
SAS100
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +12
Final
DAL103
WAS77
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +26
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 28, 1997: 11 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (GSW @ NJN), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

Miami storms back from 15 down to beat New Jersey

The Heat trailed by 15 after three and won 95–93. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-10-12-15+2MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2317233295
NJN3319261593
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 31, 17, 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28MIA28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 25, 26, 12, 8, 16, 20, 12, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 18, 7, 17, 13, 16, 10, 10, 22NJN22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 30, 18, 24, 28, 22, 28, 25, 19NJN19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ SAS

San Antonio climbs out of a 10-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 10 at the half, the Spurs won the fourth quarter 31–18 and the game 100–88. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs PHI
Tim Duncan · SASDerrick Coleman · PHIPTS2735REB1712AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg42.1Today

42 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Derrick Coleman 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.
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 17, 16, 24, 20, 18, 25, 19, 35PHI @ SAS · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 29, 23, 22, 32, 14, 19, 23, 34SAC @ CHI · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 24, 20, 25, 22, 23, 13, 12, 29CHI vs SAC · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 24, 21, 8, 21, 9, 16, 30, 29SAC @ CHI · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 31, 17, 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28MIA @ NJN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 37, 21, 27, 16, 19, 17, 33, 28CHI vs SAC · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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+11.0 22.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+7.5 26.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+7.4 22.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Rod StricklandWAS+7.1 25.0 last 10 · 17.9 season
Alonzo MourningMIA+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Joe SmithPHI−5.6 10.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 10.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Sherman DouglasNJN−4.4 5.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season