FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 18, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 9 after the first quarter and won 93–92.

Final
NYK74
CLE98
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +24
Final
PHI95
IND99
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +4
Final · OT
HOU93
NJN92
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +1
Final
WAS95
TOR88
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +7
Final
DEN86
UTA97
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +11
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 18, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Rod Strickland (WAS vs MIL), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ NJN

Houston flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

New Jersey led 48–41 at the break. Tied 85–85 after regulation, Houston won the extra time 8–7. Final: 93–92. Scottie Pippen led Houston with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-7-60+1HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU17242222893
NJN26222116792
Who led
Scottie PippenPoints, last 8 games: 10, 17, 24, 12, 16, 19, 12, 26HOU26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 8 games: 11, 12, 14, 19, 8, 19, 14, 21HOU21 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 7 games: 10, 15, 15, 4, 9, 11, 24NJN24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 7 games: 29, 24, 17, 13, 19, 35, 18NJN18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 6 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
29.21997–98 avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 1997–98 (56 games). Today: 1 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg50.8Today

51 minutes today, against 29.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches five

Washington won 95–88; the Raptors fall to 1–5. Mitch Richmond led Washington with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · TOR
W@ BOS103–92L@ WAS97–98Lvs MIL77–91L@ MIA84–102L@ NYK85–95Lvs WAS88–95TOR: last 6 games through Feb 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 33

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 7 games: 15, 16, 19, 46, 32, 23, 33PHI @ IND · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 6 games: 8, 26, 26, 25, 13, 31WAS @ TOR · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 8 games: 10, 17, 24, 12, 16, 19, 12, 26HOU @ NJN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 5 games: 28, 16, 4, 9, 25TOR vs WAS · L
16.4 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 7 games: 10, 15, 15, 4, 9, 11, 24NJN vs HOU · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 6 games: 12, 16, 24, 5, 14, 23WAS @ TOR · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST