FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 9, 2000Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 18 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final
HOU100
ATL116
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +28; Q4 ATL +16
Final
IND113
BOS104
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +9
Final
CLE95
CHH103
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +8
Final
SEA117
DAL106
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +11
Final
SAS106
DEN97
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +23; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +9
Final · OT
TOR108
DET115
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +7
Final
MIN81
LAL114
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +33
Final
GSW100
MIA115
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +15
Final
NYK109
MIL103
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -17; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
WAS96
ORL107
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +11
Final
NJN90
PHI92
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +2
Final
LAC100
POR107
Q1 POR -18; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
Final
CHI86
UTA113
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +27
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 9, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ PHI), 32 points.
The lead · LAC @ POR

Portland overcomes 18-point deficit, beats Clippers 107–100

The Trail Blazers trailed by 18 after one and finished 87–62. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-18-10-2+7POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC38172421100
POR20253230107
Who led
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 21, 9, 7, 2, 17, 2, 8, 23POR23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 6, 15, 12, 18, 21, 23, 24, 17POR17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 9, 15, 23, 16, 6, 17, 23, 23LAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 4, 4, 19, 22LAC22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
20.11998–99 avg3.6Last 3

3.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 1998–99 (36 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Thirteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Lakers by 33.

PHI over NJN2NYK over MIL6DET over TOR7POR over LAC7CHH over CLE8IND over BOS9SAS over DEN9SEA over DAL11ORL over WAS11MIA over GSW15ATL over HOU16UTA over CHI27LAL over MIN33Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 41

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 18, 27, 29, 29, 40, 50, 14, 41PHI vs NJN · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27, 31, 25, 35, 37LAL vs MIN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 13, 26, 23, 22, 19, 30, 36, 34TOR @ DET · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 11, 25, 20, 20, 21, 20, 34, 32CHH vs CLE · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 38, 9, 19, 24, 12, 7, 19, 15, 14, 31CLE @ CHH · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 39, 16, 23, 8, 28, 12, 36, 30DET vs TOR · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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 21.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.7 20.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Rod StricklandWAS+4.1 17.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Avery JohnsonSAS+4.1 15.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Carlos RogersHOU+3.8 12.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
P.J. BrownMIA−5.3 5.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.1 5.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Matt GeigerPHI−4.1 5.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.0 4.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Adrian GriffinBOS−3.8 5.0 last 10 · 8.8 season