FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 28, 1996Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NYK by 13 after three quarters and won 90–85.

Final · Box score
Blazers88
Hawks90
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +2
Final · OT · Box score
Hornets116
Celtics121
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final · Box score
Suns117
Wolves93
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +24
Final · Box score
Heat112
Magic116
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +4
Final · Box score
Knicks85
Kings90
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -13; Q4 SAC +5
Final · Box score
Pistons80
Sonics94
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -12; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +14
Final · Box score
Bullets93
Jazz115
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +22
Final · Box score
Lakers99
Grizzlies80
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +19
The lead · Knicks-Kings

Sacramento rallies from 13 down to beat New York

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 31 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-13+5SAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2522241485
Kings1622203290
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 32, 30, 31, 19, 23, 22, 17, 22SAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Billy OwensPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 14, 4, 17, 16, 15, 16, 21, 16SAC16 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 31, 26, 18, 19, 29, 20, 31NYK31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Willie AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 17, 2, 8, 13, 4, 10, 5, 16NYK16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
The night in charts
Hornets-Celtics combined for 237, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-CelticsHornets 116, Celtics 121
237
Heat-MagicHeat 112, Magic 116
228
Suns-WolvesSuns 117, Wolves 93
210
Bullets-JazzBullets 93, Jazz 115
208
Lakers-GrizzliesLakers 99, Grizzlies 80
179
Blazers-HawksBlazers 88, Hawks 90
178
Knicks-KingsKnicks 85, Kings 90
175
Pistons-SonicsPistons 80, Sonics 94
174
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-HawksBlazers 88, Hawks 90
+2 ATL
Heat-MagicHeat 112, Magic 116
+4 ORL
Hornets-CelticsHornets 116, Celtics 121
+5 BOS
Knicks-KingsKnicks 85, Kings 90
+5 SAC
Pistons-SonicsPistons 80, Sonics 94
+14 SEA
Lakers-GrizzliesLakers 99, Grizzlies 80
+19 LAL
Bullets-JazzBullets 93, Jazz 115
+22 UTA
Suns-WolvesSuns 117, Wolves 93
+24 PHX
SAC erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Knicks-KingsSAC won · Knicks 85, Kings 90
13 pts
Pistons-SonicsSEA won · Pistons 80, Sonics 94
12 pts
Suns-WolvesPHX won · Suns 117, Wolves 93
5 pts
Finley shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FinleyPHX · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
83% (10-12)
SabonisPOR · 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
79% (11-14)
GatlingMIA · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
75% (9-12)
WesleyBOS · 33 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL
73% (11-15)
CeballosLAL · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Final · Blazers-Hawks
Blazers 88Hawks 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers828242888
Hawks2324182590
The story
Atlanta beat Portland 90-88 behind 23 points and 8 assists from Mookie Blaylock

Arvydas Sabonis paced Portland: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 8 AST, 5 STL, 4 REB · 9-18 FG, 5-12 3PT

The swing

A 23-8 first quarter did the most damage for the Hawks.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +15+11+5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Celtics
Hornets 116Celtics 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Hornets253029302116
Celtics352723297121
The story
Pervis Ellison had 20 rebounds and 8 points as Boston beat Charlotte 121-116 in OT

Kenny Anderson led Charlotte with 22 PTS, 13 AST, 3 REB 20 REB, 8 PTS, 6 BLK, 5 AST · 2-5 FG

The swing

The Celtics won the first 35-25, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +10+7+10+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Knicks-Kings
Knicks 85Kings 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2522241485
Kings1622203290
The story
Brian Grant's 16 points and 11 rebounds carried Sacramento past New York, 90-85

For New York, Anthony Mason had 13 REB, 8 PTS, 5 AST 16 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

The Kings trailed by 13 going into the fourth, then won it 32-14.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −9−9−13+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Patrick Ewing was the fantasy play: 53.1 FPTS on 31 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Pistons-Sonics

Seattle climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 12 at the half. Seattle won it 94–80. Shawn Kemp led Seattle with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sonics-Pistons
Shawn Kemp · SEAAllan Houston · DETPTS2329REB145AST05Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

David Wesley leads the day with 33

David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23, 33Celtics-Hornets · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 31, 26, 18, 19, 29, 20, 31Knicks-Kings · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 30, 31, 31, 24, 25, 17, 33, 31Magic-Heat · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 27, 29, 17, 9, 24, 23, 12, 29Pistons-Sonics · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 15, 24, 15, 13, 21, 19, 24, 27Magic-Heat · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 3, 22, 8, 16, 12, 10, 13, 26Blazers-Hawks · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
David WesleyBOS+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Chris ChildsNJN+6.1 17.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.6 13.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
George McCloudDAL+5.6 23.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Todd DayBOS−6.2 4.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−6.1 16.0 last 10 · 22.1 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.5 3.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Christian LaettnerATL−5.5 12.1 last 10 · 17.6 season