FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 13, 1999Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DEN by 2 after the first quarter and won 105–92.

Final · OT
LAC104
PHX107
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +3
Final
DEN92
SEA105
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +13
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 13, 1998: 11 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs SEA), 44 points.
The lead · DEN @ SEA

Seattle stays perfect at 5–0

Latest: 105–92 over Denver. Gary Payton led Seattle with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 16 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+11+13+13SEA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2618252392
SEA24312723105
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 5 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28SEA28 PTS · 9 REB · 16 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 5 games: 2, 3, 10, 2, 20SEA20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 6 games: 11, 17, 10, 24, 18, 17DEN17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 6 games: 17, 20, 7, 9, 27, 16DEN16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAC @ PHX

Phoenix needs overtime to survive Clippers

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 14–11 for a 107–104 win. Rex Chapman led Phoenix with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs LAC
Rex Chapman · PHXLamond Murray · LACPTS2326REB36AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
23.31997–98 avg10.1Last 2

10.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.3 in 1997–98 (66 games). Today: 5 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−6.1points, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
15.11997–98 avg9.0Last 2

9.0 points a game over his last two games, against 15.1 in 1997–98 (76 games). Today: 7 points in 10 minutes.

Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 28

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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 5 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28SEA vs DEN · W
26.4 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 16 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 4 games: 14, 20, 21, 26LAC @ PHX · L
20.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 4 games: 6, 14, 12, 25LAC @ PHX · L
14.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 4 games: 8, 10, 6, 23PHX vs LAC · W
11.8 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 5 games: 19, 12, 12, 8, 23PHX vs LAC · W
14.8 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 5 games: 24, 29, 26, 18, 20PHX vs LAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST