FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 14, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIL by 6 after three quarters and won 85–82.

Final
SAS89
CHI76
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +13
Final · 2OT
POR100
GSW105
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW 0; OT2 GSW +5
Final
MIN95
LAC73
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +22
Final
IND101
LAL99
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +2
Final
MIL82
ORL85
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +3
Final
ATL70
PHI78
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +8
Final
DAL92
VAN96
Q1 VAN 0; Q2 VAN -1; Q3 VAN +9; Q4 VAN +4
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 14, 1998: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ SEA), 34 points.
The lead · MIL @ ORL

Orlando survives Milwaukee, 85–82

A three-point finish after it was 59–65 through three. Anfernee Hardaway led Orlando with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-1-6+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1824231782
ORL1922182685
Who led
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 6 games: 12, 24, 28, 21, 22, 18ORL18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 6 games: 5, 4, 11, 14, 7, 15ORL15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 14, 8, 20MIL20 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 4 games: 25, 16, 18, 15MIL15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
28.31997–98 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.3 in 1997–98 (58 games). Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg48.4Today

48 minutes today, against 29.5 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cooling off
−7.4points, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
15.11997–98 avg7.7Last 3

7.7 points a game over his last three games, against 15.1 in 1997–98 (76 games). Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Clippers by 22.

IND over LAL2ORL over MIL3VAN over DAL4GSW over POR5PHI over ATL8SAS over CHI13MIN over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 36

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 30, 37, 26, 29, 36LAL vs IND · L
31.6 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 5 games: 15, 16, 19, 46, 32PHI vs ATL · W
25.6 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 5 games: 32, 22, 16, 11, 27CHI vs SAS · L
21.6 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 6 games: 14, 26, 28, 12, 19, 26IND @ LAL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Sam MackPoints, last 5 games: 11, 11, 13, 20, 26VAN vs DAL · W
16.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 5 games: 16, 19, 12, 21, 24MIN @ LAC · W
18.4 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST