FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 15, 2000Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed UTA by 9 at halftime and won 101–99.

Final
NJN86
ATL103
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +17
Final
LAL88
CHI76
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +12
Final
SAS81
CLE92
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +11
Final
MIL112
DAL99
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +13
Final
POR92
GSW83
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +9
Final
DET102
HOU107
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +5
Final
LAC88
MIA107
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +19
Final · OT
DEN107
MIN104
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
CHH95
PHI93
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH -1; Q3 CHH -4; Q4 CHH +2
Final
PHX117
SAC108
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +9
Final
WAS85
SEA114
Q1 SEA +18; Q2 SEA +26; Q3 SEA +32; Q4 SEA +29
Final
NYK70
TOR91
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +23; Q4 TOR +21
Final
BOS101
UTA99
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +2
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 15, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA vs NJN), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ UTA

Kenny Anderson scores 33, Boston rallies past Utah

Boston trailed by 9 at the half and won 101–99.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-9-6+2BOS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS22113335101
UTA1428302799
Who led
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 12, 16, 18, 13, 11, 16, 18, 33BOS33 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 4, 31, 16, 27, 19, 16, 17, 27, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 12, 35, 26, 28, 14, 25, 30, 32UTA32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 6, 8, 9, 9, 3, 4, 9, 19UTA19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 49 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat Washington by 29.

CHH over PHI2BOS over UTA2DEN over MIN3HOU over DET5POR over GSW9PHX over SAC9CLE over SAS11LAL over CHI12MIL over DAL13ATL over NJN17MIA over LAC19TOR over NYK21SEA over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Gary Payton 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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 29, 35, 12, 23, 13, 17, 25, 41SEA vs WAS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 3, 8, 8, 26, 22, 8, 4, 36PHX @ SAC · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 12, 16, 18, 13, 11, 16, 18, 33BOS @ UTA · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 12, 35, 26, 28, 14, 25, 30, 32UTA vs BOS · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 36, 30, 27, 31, 25, 35, 37, 29LAL @ CHI · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 24, 25, 19, 30, 29, 27, 19, 29MIL @ DAL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 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+4.9 20.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Rod StricklandWAS+4.2 17.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jerry StackhouseDET+4.0 27.3 last 10 · 23.3 season
Carlos RogersHOU+3.8 12.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+3.4 23.0 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
P.J. BrownMIA−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.8 10.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.0 4.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Brian SkinnerLAC−3.7 2.2 last 10 · 5.9 season
Isaiah RiderATL−3.6 18.1 last 10 · 21.7 season