FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 2, 1999Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 85–84.

Final
WAS97
ATL77
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +20
Final
DET108
CHI78
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +30
Final
BOS99
CLE116
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +17
Final
LAC99
DAL112
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final
SAS99
HOU82
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +17
Final
DEN81
IND88
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +7
Final · OT
NYK84
MIA85
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -11; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
Final
GSW78
MIN89
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +11
Final
MIL94
NJN86
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +8
Final · 2OT
UTA100
POR102
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR 0; OT2 POR +2
Final
SAC111
VAN101
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +10
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 · 1997–98Mar 2, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs DAL), 35 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIA

Miami needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 78–78 after regulation. Miami won the final period 7–6 for an 85–84 win. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.Final0-3-11-30+1MIA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK25221813684
MIA22142616785
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 19, 12, 9, 29, 20, 29, 24, 28MIA28 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 9, 18, 29, 17, 20, 13, 8, 17MIA17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 11, 10, 20, 20, 17, 6, 16, 31NYK31 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 12, 7, 13, 22, 3, 12, 16, 19NYK19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
28.61997–98 avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 1997–98 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

MIA over NYK1POR over UTA2IND over DEN7MIL over NJN8SAC over VAN10MIN over GSW11DAL over LAC13CLE over BOS17SAS over HOU17WAS over ATL20DET over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Chris Webber 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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 14, 20, 22, 21, 17, 17, 20, 36SAC @ VAN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 11, 10, 20, 20, 17, 6, 16, 31NYK @ MIA · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 39, 21, 23, 28, 22, 20, 18, 29VAN vs SAC · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 19, 12, 9, 29, 20, 29, 24, 28MIA vs NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 11, 19, 16, 23, 16, 15, 8, 28DEN @ IND · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 31, 9, 25, 25, 16, 13, 17, 28WAS @ ATL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST