FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 24, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NJN by 10 after the first quarter and won 94–85.

Final
ORL79
BOS111
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +32
Final
MIA91
CHH83
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +8
Final
UTA87
DEN97
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +10
Final
CLE73
DET89
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +16
Final
TOR84
IND104
Q1 IND +22; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +20
Final
POR94
NJN85
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAC81
PHI94
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +13
Final
SEA81
SAS99
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +18
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 24, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (WAS vs HOU), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ NJN

Portland rallies from 10 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 10 after one, Portland outscored the Nets 72–53 the rest of the way. Final: 94–85. Walt Williams led Portland with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-6-3+9POR AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2221213094
NJN3217181885
Who led
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 6, 6, 14, 11, 14, 17, 10, 9, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 9 games: 15, 6, 26, 17, 10, 19, 16, 27, 17POR17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Eric MurdockPoints, last 8 games: 9, 5, 13, 7, 7, 10, 6, 23NJN23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 4, 9, 11, 24, 0, 8, 16, 16NJN16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · UTA @ DEN

Denver upsets Utah

Denver (2–8) beat Utah (9–1) 97–87. Antonio McDyess led Denver with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over CHH8POR over NJN9DEN over UTA10PHI over SAC13DET over CLE16SAS over SEA18IND over TOR20BOS over ORL32Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.6Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg30.7Today

31 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 36

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 10 games: 16, 19, 46, 32, 23, 33, 29, 26, 37, 36PHI vs SAC · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 16, 15, 22, 16, 11, 10, 17, 29SAS vs SEA · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 22, 7, 17, 15, 13, 27, 7, 28TOR @ IND · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 6 games: 14, 12, 5, 0, 16, 26DET vs CLE · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 26, 20, 25, 18, 20, 24, 23, 24CLE @ DET · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 21, 23, 15, 20, 17, 10, 22, 24DEN vs UTA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST