FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 17, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 13 points, by GSW (vs CHH) and SAC (vs SEA).

Final
MIA91
DET80
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CHH87
GSW96
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +9
Final
DAL88
LAL101
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +13
Final
CHI83
MIL91
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +8
Final
HOU102
MIN116
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +14
Final
WAS85
ORL96
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DEN85
POR100
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +22; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHX79
SAS76
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -11; Q4 PHX +3
Final · OT
SAC109
SEA106
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -13; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +3
Final · 3OT
BOS131
VAN129
Q1 BOS -9; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS 0; OT3 BOS +2
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 17, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ CHI), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ SEA

Sacramento rallies from thirteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Seattle led 52–39 at the break. It was 94–94 after regulation, and Sacramento won the extra time 15–12. Final: 109–106. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-13-90+3SAC AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2613223315109
SEA3121182412106
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 7 games: 20, 25, 28, 21, 26, 22, 23SAC23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Lawrence FunderburkePoints, last 4 games: 6, 12, 13, 16SAC16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 7 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28, 17, 34SEA34 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 7 games: 2, 3, 10, 2, 20, 8, 18SEA18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.8Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.8 in 6 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 56 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
24.31997–98 avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 10 games went past regulation.

BOS over VAN2PHX over SAS3SAC over SEA3MIL over CHI8GSW over CHH9MIA over DET11ORL over WAS11LAL over DAL13MIN over HOU14POR over DEN15Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 40

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 7 games: 21, 12, 12, 11, 13, 11, 40MIN vs HOU · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 7 games: 12, 14, 35, 32, 24, 20, 39VAN vs BOS · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 7 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28, 17, 34SEA vs SAC · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 8 games: 18, 11, 32, 24, 27, 9, 18, 29MIA @ DET · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
J.R. ReidPoints, last 7 games: 8, 13, 19, 6, 7, 13, 29CHH @ GSW · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 6 games: 21, 22, 20, 31, 17, 27BOS @ VAN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST