FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 20, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 9 at halftime and won 113–111.

Final
MIA85
CHH80
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
Final
WAS103
GSW112
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +9
Final · OT
SAS113
HOU111
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -9; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final
NJN91
MIN89
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +2
Final
LAL87
PHI84
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final · OT
POR108
SAC103
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +5
Final
DAL100
TOR96
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +4
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 20, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL @ LAC), 31 points.
The lead · SAS @ HOU

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 103–103 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 10–8 for a 113–111 win. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-9-50+2SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS2918292710113
HOU253125228111
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 29, 32, 32, 22, 24, 21, 19, 25SAS25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Mario EliePoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 11, 4, 7, 2, 7, 4, 7, 19SAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 14, 15, 7, 12, 12, 11, 8, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 5, 4, 16, 11, 30, 21, 2, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg44.8Today

45 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 9.

SAS over HOU2NJN over MIN2LAL over PHI3DAL over TOR4MIA over CHH5POR over SAC5GSW over WAS9Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 39

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 15, 20, 15, 30, 17, 27, 18, 39NJN @ MIN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 14, 39, 26, 32, 22, 22, 27, 22, 12, 33SAC vs POR · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 23, 30, 29, 10, 24, 23, 17, 27MIN vs NJN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Jason CaffeyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 17, 7, 18, 6, 10, 10, 17, 25GSW vs WAS · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 29, 32, 32, 22, 24, 21, 19, 25SAS @ HOU · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 8, 20, 11, 12, 11, 15, 21, 25SAC vs POR · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 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
Michael DickersonVAN+5.4 22.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Andre MillerCLE+4.0 14.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Theo RatliffPHI+4.0 16.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jalen RoseIND+3.9 20.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Wesley PersonCLE+3.5 12.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Grant HillDET−5.6 21.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Isaiah RiderATL−5.2 16.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 3.4 last 10 · 8.1 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.6 8.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.3 11.1 last 10 · 15.4 season