FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 23, 1998Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 101–100.

Final · Box score
Cavs75
Bulls97
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +22
Final · Box score
Hornets118
Nuggets98
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +20
Final · Box score
Kings85
Pistons111
Q1 DET +20; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +26
Final · Box score
Sonics101
Clippers100
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +1
On this day · 1996–97Feb 23, 1997: 10 games. Top scorer: Elden Campbell (Lakers-Knicks), 40 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Clippers

Seattle fights back from 9 down against Clippers

Grant Hill goes for 28 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+1+1SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics26252327101
Clippers35182027100
Who led
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 15, 24, 33, 10, 17, 25, 12, 27SEA27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 2, 6, 7, 16, 11, 16, 8, 18SEA18 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 4, 15, 28, 20, 18, 15, 11, 24LAC24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 15, 18, 4, 2, 13, 16, 16, 19LAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Hornets-Nuggets

Charlotte leads Denver wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 118–98. Best quarter: the fourth, 38–35. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over LAC1CHH over DEN20CHI over CLE22DET over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over DEN.
The night in charts
Hornets-Nuggets combined for 216, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-NuggetsHornets 118, Nuggets 98
216
Sonics-ClippersSonics 101, Clippers 100
201
Kings-PistonsKings 85, Pistons 111
196
Cavs-BullsCavs 75, Bulls 97
172
SEA won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Sonics-ClippersSonics 101, Clippers 100
+1 SEA
Hornets-NuggetsHornets 118, Nuggets 98
+20 CHH
Cavs-BullsCavs 75, Bulls 97
+22 CHI
Kings-PistonsKings 85, Pistons 111
+26 DET
Lamond Murray shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Lamond MurrayLAC · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Grant HillDET · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
RiceCHH · 31 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
GeigerCHH · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
BakerSEA · 27 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
60% (12-20)
Final · Sonics-Clippers
Sonics 101Clippers 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics26252327101
Clippers35182027100
The story
Vin Baker had 27 points as Seattle beat Los Angeles 101-100

Rodney Rogers led Los Angeles with 13 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 12-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the first, the SuperSonics took the second 25-18.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −9−2+1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Lamond Murray led the game in fantasy with 43.3 FPTS (24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Hornets-Nuggets
Hornets 118Nuggets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets25312438118
Nuggets2023203598
The story
Charlotte beat Denver 118-98 behind 22 points and 11 rebounds from Matt Geiger

LaPhonso Ellis paced Denver: 23 PTS, 12 REB 22 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 8-13 FG

The swing

A 31-23 second quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

CHH lead by quarter
200 +5+13+17+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Pistons
Kings 85Pistons 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings1525222385
Pistons35242428111
The story
Jerry Stackhouse's 15 points carried Detroit past Sacramento, 111-85

For Sacramento, Terry Dehere had 14 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 15 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 5-10 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 35-15, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
300 +20+19+21+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.7 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Glen Rice leads the day with 31

Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 12, 29, 40, 30, 31, 10, 23, 31Hornets-Nuggets · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 24, 21, 22, 20, 20, 16, 5, 28Pistons-Kings · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 15, 24, 33, 10, 17, 25, 12, 27Sonics-Clippers · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 4, 15, 28, 20, 18, 15, 11, 24Clippers-Sonics · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 15, 16, 13, 23, 19, 17, 10, 23Nuggets-Hornets · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 12, 6, 14, 10, 2, 22, 17, 22Hornets-Nuggets · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nick AndersonORL+10.9 22.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tony DelkGSW+7.3 17.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+6.6 21.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.3 25.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Rod StricklandWAS+6.1 23.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyORL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Danny FortsonDEN−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Brent BarryLAC−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Michael JordanCHI−4.2 23.9 last 10 · 28.1 season
Kevin WillisHOU−4.2 13.0 last 10 · 17.2 season