FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 8, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CHI by 11 after three quarters and won 81–76.

Final
WAS71
DET75
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +4
Final
PHI89
MIA91
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA -6; Q4 MIA +2
Final
CHI76
MIL81
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL -10; Q3 MIL -11; Q4 MIL +5
Final
ATL114
ORL110
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +4
Final
POR92
VAN73
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +19
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 8, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ NYK), 42 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs out of an 11-point hole against Chicago

Down 11 after three, the Bucks won the fourth quarter 27–11 and the game 81–76. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-9-10-11+5MIL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2423181176
MIL1522172781
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 7, 16, 18, 16, 19, 18, 9, 17MIL17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 14, 6, 10, 18, 6, 16, 14MIL14 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 9, 15, 13, 9, 19, 9, 4, 19CHI19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Randy BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 11, 6, 8, 14, 17, 14, 8, 18CHI18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIA

Miami takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 6 after three, Miami won the fourth 25–17. Final: 91–89. Terry Porter led Miami with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over PHI2DET over WAS4ATL over ORL4MIL over CHI5POR over VAN19Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.6Season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 6.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 0 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Nick Anderson leads the day with 34

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.
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 6, 21, 25, 15, 25, 15, 8, 34ORL vs ATL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 36, 33, 25, 38, 24, 34, 30, 28PHI @ MIA · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 30, 17, 14, 17, 28, 14, 13, 24ATL @ ORL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 16, 13, 17, 28, 15, 15, 22, 22WAS @ DET · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 2, 13, 14, 10, 4, 10, 14, 21POR @ VAN · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Terry PorterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 3, 12, 17, 8, 16, 13, 8, 20MIA vs PHI · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST