FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 23, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 5 at halftime and won 96–80.

Final
MIL90
CHI88
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +2
Final
ATL85
DAL89
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +4
Final
TOR80
DET106
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +26
Final
SEA86
HOU98
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +12
Final
GSW94
LAC89
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +5
Final
NJN74
NYK82
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +8
Final
LAL83
VAN93
Q1 VAN +1; Q2 VAN 0; Q3 VAN +4; Q4 VAN +10
Final
MIA96
WAS80
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +16
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 23, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Glen Rice (CHH @ DEN), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ WAS

Miami keeps rolling, beats Washington

That is six in a row. Final: 96–80. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5+7+16MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2022282696
WAS1829161780
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 29, 14, 18, 34, 19, 12, 9, 29MIA29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 32, 24, 27, 9, 18, 29, 17, 20MIA20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 9 games: 8, 26, 26, 25, 13, 31, 9, 25, 25WAS25 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 9 games: 12, 16, 24, 5, 14, 23, 12, 20, 10WAS10 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Milwaukee edges Chicago by two

Chicago won the fourth 25–17, but Milwaukee held on, 90–88. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CHI2DAL over ATL4GSW over LAC5NYK over NJN8VAN over LAL10HOU over SEA12MIA over WAS16DET over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over CHI.
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
9.8Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 10 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Lamond Murray leads the day with 30

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.
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 9 games: 14, 20, 21, 26, 12, 12, 6, 12, 30LAC vs GSW · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 29, 14, 18, 34, 19, 12, 9, 29MIA @ WAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 35, 32, 24, 20, 39, 21, 23, 28VAN vs LAL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 29, 36, 20, 24, 28, 27, 28, 26LAL @ VAN · L
28.3 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28, 17, 34, 7, 26, 26SEA @ HOU · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 9 games: 8, 26, 26, 25, 13, 31, 9, 25, 25WAS vs MIA · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST