FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 7, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 106–98.

Final
NYK85
CHH95
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +14; Q4 CHH +10
Final
PHI84
IND109
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +25
Final
DEN98
LAL106
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -12; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +8
Final
POR115
MIL111
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +4
Final
GSW100
ORL120
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +22; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +20
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 · 1998–99Feb 7, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAL

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 35 in Lakers win over Denver

Lakers won 106–98.

Game flow · LAL 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+2-12-8+8LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2537171998
LAL27232135106
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27, 31, 25, 35LAL35 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17, 19, 13, 29LAL29 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 16, 18, 0, 12, 26, 30, 20, 24DEN24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 9, 31, 10, 18, 21, 8, 14, 28, 12, 18DEN18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
20.11998–99 avg4.7Last 2

4.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.1 in 1998–99 (36 games). Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg42.1Today

42 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ MIL

Portland makes it three straight

Portland beat Milwaukee 115–111 and moved to 37–11. Steven Smith led Portland with 24 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Streak strip · POR
W@ SAS105–95W@ LAL95–91Wvs NJN101–87Wvs UTA85–75Wvs SAS81–67Wvs CHI92–81L@ NYK88–98W@ ATL97–90W@ BOS100–94W@ MIL115–111POR: last 10 games through Feb 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 35

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27, 31, 25, 35LAL vs DEN · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 18, 11, 25, 20, 20, 21, 20, 34CHH vs NYK · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 28, 6, 21, 30, 16, 14, 13, 32IND vs PHI · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17, 19, 13, 29LAL vs DEN · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 24, 24, 24, 19, 14, 19, 20, 29CHH vs NYK · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 21, 12, 24, 25, 19, 30, 29, 27MIL vs POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.7 21.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.5 18.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.9 24.5 last 10 · 19.6 season
Juwan HowardWAS+4.1 19.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Mookie BlaylockGSW+4.0 15.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
P.J. BrownMIA−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.1 4.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Matt GeigerPHI−3.9 5.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Troy HudsonLAC−3.8 5.2 last 10 · 9.0 season