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

Final · Box score
Magic80
Hornets90
Q1 Hornets +4; Q2 Hornets +3; Q3 Hornets +3; Q4 Hornets +10
Final · Box score
Kings94
Bulls109
Q1 Bulls +6; Q2 Bulls +6; Q3 Bulls +11; Q4 Bulls +15
Final · Box score
Heat95
Nets93
Q1 Heat -10; Q2 Heat -12; Q3 Heat -15; Q4 Heat +2
Final · Box score
Sixers88
Spurs100
Q1 Spurs -9; Q2 Spurs -10; Q3 Spurs -1; Q4 Spurs +12
Final · Box score
Mavs103
Wizards77
Q1 Mavs +8; Q2 Mavs +15; Q3 Mavs +13; Q4 Mavs +26
On this day · 1996–97Feb 28, 1997: 11 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (Warriors-Nets), 37 points.
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The lead · Heat-Nets

Miami storms back from 15 down to beat New Jersey

Tim Duncan goes for 27 points

Game flow · Heat margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-12-15+2Heat AHEAD ↑Nets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2317233295
Nets3319261593
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 31, 17, 28, 26, 21, 20, 16, 28Heat28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 25, 26, 12, 8, 16, 20, 12, 19Heat19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 18, 7, 17, 13, 16, 10, 10, 22Nets22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 30, 18, 24, 28, 22, 28, 25, 19Nets19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Sixers-Spurs

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 · Spurs-Sixers
Tim Duncan · SpursDerrick Coleman · SixersPTS2735REB1712AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Kings-Bulls combined for 203, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-BullsKings 94, Bulls 109
203
Sixers-SpursSixers 88, Spurs 100
188
Heat-NetsHeat 95, Nets 93
188
Mavs-WizardsMavs 103, Wizards 77
180
Magic-HornetsMagic 80, Hornets 90
170
Heat won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Heat-NetsHeat 95, Nets 93
+2 Heat
Magic-HornetsMagic 80, Hornets 90
+10 Hornets
Sixers-SpursSixers 88, Spurs 100
+12 Spurs
Kings-BullsKings 94, Bulls 109
+15 Bulls
Mavs-WizardsMavs 103, Wizards 77
+26 Mavs
Heat erased a 15-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-NetsHeat won · Heat 95, Nets 93
15 pts
Sixers-SpursSpurs won · Sixers 88, Spurs 100
10 pts
Avery Johnson shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Avery JohnsonSpurs · 20 PTS, 10 AST, 2 BLK, 1 REB
82% (9-11)
MasonHornets · 24 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
71% (10-14)
ZoHeat · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
OutlawMagic · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
RichmondKings · 34 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
63% (15-24)
Final · Heat-Nets
Heat 95Nets 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2317233295
Nets3319261593
The story
Alonzo Mourning's 28 points and 13 rebounds carried Miami past New Jersey, 95-93

For New Jersey, Jayson Williams had 15 REB, 7 PTS, 5 AST 28 PTS, 13 REB · 10-15 FG

The swing

The Heat trailed by 15 going into the fourth, then won it 32-15.

Heat lead by quarter
200 −10−12−15+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kendall Gill was the fantasy play: 47.1 FPTS on 22 PTS, 8 REB

Final · Sixers-Spurs
Sixers 88Spurs 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers3518171888
Spurs26172631100
The story
Avery Johnson had 20 points and 10 assists as San Antonio beat Philadelphia 100-88

Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 19 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 10 AST, 1 REB · 9-11 FG

The swing

Down 1 after the third, the Spurs took the fourth 31-18.

Spurs lead by quarter
200 −9−10−1+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Bulls
Kings 94Bulls 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2525222294
Bulls31252726109
The story
Chicago beat Sacramento 109-94 behind 29 points from Scottie Pippen

Mitch Richmond paced Sacramento: 34 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 29 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 11-23 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

A 31-25 first quarter did the most damage for the Bulls.

Bulls lead by quarter
200 +6+6+11+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
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

Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 17, 16, 24, 20, 18, 25, 19, 35Sixers-Spurs · 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, 34Kings-Bulls · 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, 29Bulls-Kings · 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, 29Kings-Bulls · 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, 28Heat-Nets · 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, 28Bulls-Kings · 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

Hot
Nick AndersonMagic+11.0 22.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tim DuncanSpurs+7.5 26.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Tracy MurrayWizards+7.4 22.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Rod StricklandWizards+7.1 25.0 last 10 · 17.9 season
Alonzo MourningHeat+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyMagic−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Joe SmithSixers−5.6 10.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jerry StackhousePistons−4.9 10.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Sherman DouglasNets−4.4 5.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brent BarryClippers−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season