FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 3, 1997Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed SAS by 10 at halftime and won 85–79.

Final · Box score
Kings85
Spurs79
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +6
Final · Box score
Celtics114
Raptors102
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
Bullets89
Jazz111
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +30; Q3 UTA +34; Q4 UTA +22
On this day · 1995–96Feb 3, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (Heat-Celtics), 45 points.
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The lead · Kings-Spurs

Sacramento turns it around against San Antonio

David Wesley goes for 25 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-10+7+6SAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2415281885
Spurs2227111979
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 9, 38, 33, 38, 28, 28, 35, 26SAC26 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GrayerPoints, last 7 games: 4, 4, 8, 2, 12, 2, 16SAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 8, 4, 20, 8, 10, 11, 27, 15SAS15 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 16, 9, 20, 24, 10, 28, 27, 13SAS13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Celtics-Raptors

Boston beats Toronto, 114–102

Boston led 86–81 after three and won by 12. Eric Williams led Boston with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over SAS6BOS over TOR12UTA over WSB22Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over TOR.
The night in charts
Celtics-Raptors combined for 216, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 114, Raptors 102
216
Bullets-JazzBullets 89, Jazz 111
200
Kings-SpursKings 85, Spurs 79
164
SAC won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Kings-SpursKings 85, Spurs 79
+6 SAC
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 114, Raptors 102
+12 BOS
Bullets-JazzBullets 89, Jazz 111
+22 UTA
SAC erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-SpursSAC won · Kings 85, Spurs 79
10 pts
Celtics-RaptorsBOS won · Celtics 114, Raptors 102
1 pt
Popeye Jones shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Popeye JonesTOR · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
MuresanWSB · 18 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
MaloneUTA · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
HowardUTA · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
WesleyBOS · 25 PTS, 11 AST, 7 REB, 6 STL
67% (10-15)
Final · Kings-Spurs
Kings 85Spurs 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2415281885
Spurs2227111979
The story
Olden Polynice had 17 rebounds and 15 points as Sacramento beat San Antonio 85-79

Carl Herrera led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 7 REB 17 REB, 15 PTS, 4 BLK, 2 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the second, the Kings took the third 28-11.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +2−10+7+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Raptors
Celtics 114Raptors 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics32213328114
Raptors26282721102
The story
Antoine Walker's 20 points and 13 rebounds carried Boston past Toronto, 114-102

For Toronto, Popeye Jones had 18 PTS, 11 REB 20 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 8-19 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-21, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +6−1+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bullets-Jazz
Bullets 89Jazz 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bullets1418263189
Jazz32303019111
The story
Utah beat Washington 111-89 behind 24 points and 10 rebounds from Karl Malone

Bryon Russell backed him with 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 7-10 FG

The swing

A 32-14 first quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
400 +18+30+34+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Gheorghe Muresan topped the game at 41.8 FPTS: 18 PTS, 9 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.0Season avg25.9Last 3

25.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Eric Williams leads the day with 27

Eric WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 20, 16, 15, 20, 10, 18, 22, 27Celtics-Raptors · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 34, 12, 22, 26, 11, 25, 7, 26Raptors-Celtics · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 9, 38, 33, 38, 28, 28, 35, 26Kings-Spurs · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Todd DayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 27, 12, 17, 17, 19, 20, 17, 26Celtics-Raptors · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 24, 18, 9, 10, 23, 20, 14, 25Celtics-Raptors · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 17, 32, 41, 27, 28, 32, 36, 24Jazz-Bullets · W
26.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Glen RiceCHH+8.9 34.2 last 10 · 25.3 season
Darrick MartinLAC+5.6 16.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+5.4 18.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Gary TrentPOR+5.3 16.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Todd DayBOS+5.2 17.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
George McCloudDAL−4.6 9.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Hot Rod,WilliamsPHX−3.7 3.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Danny FerryCLE−3.3 6.1 last 10 · 9.4 season