FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 5, 1999Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final
CLE83
ATL100
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +17
Final
TOR103
BOS92
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +11
Final
PHI78
CHH66
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +12
Final
MIN110
DEN92
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +18
Final
WAS81
IND96
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +15
Final
PHX101
LAC92
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
Final
HOU91
LAL99
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +8
Final
DET95
MIA81
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +14
Final
NYK85
ORL93
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +8
Final
SAC83
SAS101
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +18
Final · OT
DAL86
SEA92
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +6
Final
CHI96
UTA104
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1997–98Feb 5, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH vs VAN), 30 points.
The lead · DAL @ SEA

Seattle outlasts Dallas in overtime

84–84 at the end of regulation. Seattle took the last extra period 8–2. Final: 92–86. Gary Payton led Seattle with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6+4-30+6SEA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL27152517286
SEA21251820892
Who led
Gary PaytonSEA28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerSEA18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CeballosDAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shawn BradleyDAL11 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+18.7points, today vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
13.31997–98 avg32Today

32 points today in 35 minutes, against 13.3 a game in 1997–98 (74 games).

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
20.81997–98 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 1997–98 (70 games). Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−15.2points, today vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
23.21997–98 avg8Today

8 points today in 32 minutes, against 23.2 a game in 1997–98 (70 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Minnesota by 18.

SEA over DAL6LAL over HOU8ORL over NYK8UTA over CHI8PHX over LAC9TOR over BOS11PHI over CHH12DET over MIA14IND over WAS15ATL over CLE17MIN over DEN18SAS over SAC18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Toni Kukoc leads the day with 32

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Toni KukocCHI @ UTA · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Charles BarkleyHOU @ LAL · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealLAL vs HOU · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Kevin WillisTOR @ BOS · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonSEA vs DAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Doug ChristieTOR @ BOS · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST