FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 9, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 10 after the first quarter and won 90–86.

Final
ATL87
CHI71
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +16
Final
UTA90
DAL79
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +11
Final
BOS108
MIA101
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +7
Final
SAS70
MIN74
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +4
Final
DET86
PHI90
Q1 PHI -10; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +4
Final
SAC112
PHX95
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +17
Final
GSW71
SEA90
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +21; Q3 SEA +19; Q4 SEA +19
Final
MIL91
TOR77
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DET @ PHI

Philadelphia rallies from 10 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 10 after one, Philadelphia outscored the Pistons 72–58 the rest of the way. Final: 90–86. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+2+6+4PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2816172586
PHI1828212390
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 3 games: 15, 16, 19PHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 3 games: 6, 20, 16PHI16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 4 games: 19, 26, 46, 32DET32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 4 games: 24, 20, 29, 15DET15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
13.31997–98 avg23.3Last 3

23.3 points a game over his last three games, against 13.3 in 1997–98 (74 games). Today: 16 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.4minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
29.41997–98 avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
12.21997–98 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 1997–98 (57 games). Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · BOS @ MIA

Boston beats Miami, 108–101

Boston led 71–66 after three and won by 7. Antoine Walker led Boston with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over SAS4PHI over DET4BOS over MIA7UTA over DAL11MIL over TOR14ATL over CHI16SAC over PHX17SEA over GSW19Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MIA.
Top performances

Grant Hill 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.
Grant HillPoints, last 4 games: 19, 26, 46, 32DET @ PHI · L
30.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 3 games: 21, 28, 31UTA @ DAL · W
26.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 4 games: 21, 22, 20, 31BOS @ MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 4 games: 21, 28, 24, 30ATL @ CHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 3 games: 20, 25, 28SAC @ PHX · W
24.3 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 3 games: 24, 29, 26PHX vs SAC · L
26.3 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST