FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 15, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 16 after the first quarter and won 115–106.

Final
PHX115
DEN106
Q1 PHX -16; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MIN99
GSW101
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +2
Final
NJN72
MIA95
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +23
Final
DET69
NYK78
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +9
Final
DAL84
POR99
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +23; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +15
Final · OT
SAC112
UTA120
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 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 15, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs CLE), 34 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Jason Kidd posts 28-11-13 as Phoenix tops Denver

A triple-double in a 115–106 win.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16+6+14+9PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX19393126115
DEN35172331106
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 6 games: 18, 17, 17, 11, 14, 28PHX28 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 5 games: 14, 9, 11, 4, 24PHX24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 7 games: 5, 7, 5, 9, 9, 9, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 7 games: 17, 20, 7, 9, 27, 16, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
23.31997–98 avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 1997–98 (66 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Miami by 23.

GSW over MIN2UTA over SAC8PHX over DEN9NYK over DET9POR over DAL15MIA over NJN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Alonzo Mourning leads the day with 34

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.
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 6 games: 14, 16, 29, 14, 18, 34MIA vs NJN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 6 games: 19, 26, 46, 32, 25, 31DET @ NYK · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 6 games: 16, 19, 12, 21, 24, 29MIN @ GSW · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 6 games: 18, 17, 17, 11, 14, 28PHX @ DEN · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 5 games: 20, 25, 28, 21, 26SAC @ UTA · L
24.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 6 games: 21, 28, 31, 22, 35, 26UTA vs SAC · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST