FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 5, 1997Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CLE by 6 at halftime and won 89–84.

Final · Box score
Heat118
Celtics117
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +1
Final · Box score
Bullets104
Nuggets106
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
Bulls90
Lakers106
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +16
Final · Box score
Spurs97
Sixers113
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +16
Final · Box score
Hawks81
Suns99
Q1 Suns 0; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +18
Final · Box score
Jazz99
Sonics95
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
Cavs84
Raptors89
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +5
On this day · 1995–96Feb 5, 1996: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (Jazz-Grizzlies), 31 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Raptors

Toronto handles Cleveland by 5

Rick Fox goes for 33 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6-4+5TOR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2523181884
Raptors2220202789
Who led
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 32, 23, 19, 24, 8, 33, 16, 26TOR26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 12, 22, 26, 11, 25, 7, 26, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 21, 21, 18, 24, 15, 16, 23, 25CLE25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 9, 1, 11, 20, 10, 12, 14, 7, 16, 14CLE14 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Jazz-Sonics

Utah takes care of Seattle

A 4-point win, 99–95. Karl Malone led Utah with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over BOS1DEN over WSB2UTA over SEA4TOR over CLE5LAL over CHI16PHI over SAS16PHX over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SEA.
The night in charts
Heat-Celtics combined for 235, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-CelticsHeat 118, Celtics 117
235
Bullets-NuggetsBullets 104, Nuggets 106
210
Spurs-SixersSpurs 97, Sixers 113
210
Bulls-LakersBulls 90, Lakers 106
196
Jazz-SonicsJazz 99, Sonics 95
194
Hawks-SunsHawks 81, Suns 99
180
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 84, Raptors 89
173
4 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-CelticsHeat 118, Celtics 117
+1 MIA
Bullets-NuggetsBullets 104, Nuggets 106
+2 DEN
Jazz-SonicsJazz 99, Sonics 95
+4 UTA
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 84, Raptors 89
+5 TOR
Spurs-SixersSpurs 97, Sixers 113
+16 PHI
Bulls-LakersBulls 90, Lakers 106
+16 LAL
Hawks-SunsHawks 81, Suns 99
+18 PHX
TOR rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-RaptorsTOR won · Cavs 84, Raptors 89
6 pts
Jazz-SonicsUTA won · Jazz 99, Sonics 95
2 pts
Zo shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ZoMIA · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
MacLeanPHI · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
73% (8-11)
SchrempfSEA · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
LenardMIA · 28 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB
69% (9-13)
KempSEA · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 STL, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
Final · Heat-Celtics
Heat 118Celtics 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat27353323118
Celtics26323326117
The story
Tim Hardaway had 23 points and 15 assists as Miami beat Boston 118-117

Antoine Walker led Boston with 17 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 15 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-18 FG, 5-10 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the second 35-32, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +1+4+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bullets-Nuggets
Bullets 104Nuggets 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bullets24282626104
Nuggets27323017106
The story
Mark Jackson's 16 assists and 14 points carried Denver past Washington, 106-104

For Washington, Rod Strickland had 28 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB 16 AST, 14 PTS, 9 REB · 6-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 32-28, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +3+7+11+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Sixers
Spurs 97Sixers 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2625212597
Sixers34302326113
The story
Philadelphia beat San Antonio 113-97 behind 25 points and 9 assists from Allen Iverson

Vernon Maxwell paced San Antonio: 19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 10-20 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

A 34-26 first quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +8+13+15+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.1Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg41.9Today

42 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Elden Campbell leads the day with 34

Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 17, 5, 2, 4, 10, 15, 20, 34Lakers-Bulls · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 28, 14, 18, 12, 33, 16, 10, 33Celtics-Heat · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 21, 21, 21, 10, 13, 23, 11, 28Bullets-Nuggets · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 19, 15, 3, 6, 20, 7, 13, 28Heat-Celtics · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 51, 32, 24, 28, 32, 18, 45, 36, 27Bulls-Lakers · L
30.8 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Eric WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 16, 15, 20, 10, 18, 22, 27, 27Celtics-Heat · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Glen RiceCHH+7.9 33.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.2 19.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Todd DayBOS+6.0 18.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gary TrentPOR+6.0 17.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+5.1 19.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Avery JohnsonSAS−4.4 6.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
George McCloudDAL−3.9 9.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Gerald WilkinsORL−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Hot Rod,WilliamsPHX−3.7 3.3 last 10 · 7.0 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.5 6.4 last 10 · 9.9 season