FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 16, 1999Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 93–92.

Final
ATL83
CHI67
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +16
Final
ORL78
CLE90
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +12
Final
PHX92
HOU109
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +17
Final
MIA89
IND78
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +11
Final · 2OT
VAN93
LAC89
Q1 VAN +9; Q2 VAN +3; Q3 VAN +6; Q4 VAN 0; OT1 VAN 0; OT2 VAN +4
Final
CHH88
LAL116
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +28
Final
DET82
NJN97
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +15
Final
TOR85
NYK95
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +10
Final
MIL93
PHI92
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +1
Final
BOS98
SAC101
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +3
Final
UTA56
SEA71
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +15
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 16, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · MIL @ PHI

Milwaukee takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 1 after three, Milwaukee won the fourth 26–24. Final: 93–92. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-5-3-1+1MIL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1826232693
PHI2324212492
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 5 games: 25, 16, 18, 15, 18MIL18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 5 games: 4, 6, 10, 5, 16MIL16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 6 games: 15, 16, 19, 46, 32, 23PHI23 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 6 games: 13, 17, 10, 5, 8, 21PHI21 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−19.3minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
24.31997–98 avg5.0Last 2

5.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.3 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg53Today

53 minutes today, against 28.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−9.8points, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
13.31997–98 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 points a game over his last two games, against 13.3 in 1997–98 (56 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 28.

MIL over PHI1SAC over BOS3VAN over LAC4NYK over TOR10MIA over IND11CLE over ORL12NJN over DET15SEA over UTA15ATL over CHI16HOU over PHX17LAL over CHH28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Keith Van Horn leads the day with 35

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.
Keith Van HornPoints, last 6 games: 29, 24, 17, 13, 19, 35NJN vs DET · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 6 games: 32, 22, 16, 11, 27, 27CHI vs ATL · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 2 games: 4, 24BOS @ SAC · L
14.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 6 games: 15, 16, 19, 46, 32, 23PHI vs MIL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 6 games: 20, 25, 28, 21, 26, 22SAC vs BOS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 7 games: 10, 6, 5, 10, 8, 12, 22MIA @ IND · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST