FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 4, 1999Regular season · 8 games
← Mar 3CalendarMar 5 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SEA by 7 after the first quarter and won 101–93.

Final
TOR86
ATL77
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +9
Final
DET99
CLE84
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final
SAS95
DAL79
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +16
Final
LAC77
HOU96
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +19
Final
DEN87
MIA95
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CHH96
NJN82
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH +19; Q4 CHH +14
Final
PHX101
SEA93
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIN102
VAN93
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +9
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 4, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Corliss Williamson (SAC vs DET), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ SEA

Phoenix beats Seattle, 101–93

Phoenix led 75–69 after three and won by 8. Rex Chapman led Phoenix with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+6+8PHX AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22252826101
SEA2921192493
Who led
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 8, 18, 16, 13, 9, 10, 14, 23PHX23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 4, 12, 10, 22, 20, 20, 14, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 13, 9, 15, 20, 10, 8, 11, 22SEA22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 17, 13, 19, 9, 2, 16, 31, 15SEA15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIA

Miami makes it three straight

Miami beat Denver 95–87 and moved to 11–4. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
Wvs NJN95–72W@ IND89–78W@ DET91–80Wvs HOU81–71W@ WAS96–80W@ CHH91–83L@ DET93–95Wvs ORL84–78Wvs NYK85–84Wvs DEN95–87MIA: last 10 games through Mar 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 9 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
8.81997–98 avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 1997–98 (33 games). Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 28

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 16, 14, 11, 22, 4, 17, 28DET @ CLE · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 21, 25, 13, 15, 22, 20, 27, 28NJN vs CHH · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 12, 9, 29, 20, 29, 24, 28, 27MIA vs DEN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 26, 17, 10, 18, 22, 21, 23, 26SAS @ DAL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 18, 22, 14, 25, 12, 17, 27, 23MIN @ VAN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 8, 18, 16, 13, 9, 10, 14, 23PHX @ SEA · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST