FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 28, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 18 after the first quarter and won 84–78.

Final
VAN112
DEN116
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +4
Final
NYK68
DET89
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +21
Final
HOU90
LAL106
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +16
Final
ORL78
MIA84
Q1 MIA -18; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -9; Q4 MIA +6
Final
PHI87
MIL76
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +11
Final
POR100
MIN93
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +7
Final
GSW89
PHX102
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +13
Final
UTA101
SAS87
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +14
Final · OT
CHI90
TOR88
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +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 28, 1998: 5 games. Top scorer: Derrick Coleman (PHI @ SAS), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Miami storms back from 18 down to beat Orlando

The Heat trailed by 18 after one and won 84–78. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-7-9+6MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3511211178
MIA1722192684
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 34, 19, 12, 9, 29, 20, 29, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Terry PorterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 8, 10, 9, 7, 16, 3, 12, 17MIA17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 7, 26, 22, 19, 30, 6, 21, 25ORL25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 12, 2, 14, 11, 6, 13, 12, 13ORL13 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.5Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
21.71997–98 avg1.7Last 3

1.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 4 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · GSW @ PHX

Phoenix takes care of Golden State

A 13-point win, 102–89. Tom Gugliotta led Phoenix with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over TOR2DEN over VAN4MIA over ORL6POR over MIN7PHI over MIL11PHX over GSW13UTA over SAS14LAL over HOU16DET over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over GSW.
Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 46

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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 20, 17, 10, 22, 24, 13, 16, 46DEN vs VAN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high46 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 26, 15, 14, 28, 20, 22, 13, 30UTA @ SAS · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 3, 10, 4, 10, 4, 8, 11, 10, 11, 27VAN @ DEN · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 11, 40, 23, 23, 16, 20, 17, 25MIN vs POR · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 16 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 46, 32, 23, 33, 29, 26, 37, 36, 33, 25PHI @ MIL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 7, 26, 22, 19, 30, 6, 21, 25ORL @ MIA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST