FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 22, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU97
CHH102
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +5
Final
VAN85
CHI81
Q1 VAN +7; Q2 VAN +3; Q3 VAN +4; Q4 VAN +4
Final
GSW89
MIN112
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +23
Final
LAL97
NJN89
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
Final
DEN67
PHX86
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +25; Q3 PHX +38; Q4 PHX +19
Final
ORL91
SEA127
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +27; Q3 SEA +39; Q4 SEA +36
Final
MIL101
WAS126
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +27; Q3 WAS +30; Q4 WAS +25
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 22, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · VAN @ CHI

Vancouver beats Chicago, 85–81

Vancouver led 68–64 after three and won by 4. Michael Dickerson led Vancouver with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · VAN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+3+4+4VAN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2819211785
CHI2123201781
Who led
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 14, 19, 40, 19, 27, 26, 27, 25VAN25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 6, 6, 2, 2, 12, 6, 9, 15VAN15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 22, 21, 25, 13, 8, 26, 13, 25CHI25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 17, 13, 7, 7, 14, 15, 2, 17CHI17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · HOU @ CHH

Charlotte leads Houston wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 102–97. Best quarter: the first, 27–20. Derrick Coleman led Charlotte with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
VAN over CHI4CHH over HOU5LAL over NJN8PHX over DEN19MIN over GSW23WAS over MIL25SEA over ORL36Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over HOU.
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: 27, 31, 25, 35, 37, 29, 18, 39, 22, 35LAL @ NJN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 20, 15, 30, 17, 27, 18, 39, 33NJN vs LAL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 20, 29, 21, 14, 19, 17, 16, 32CHH vs HOU · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 21, 22, 14, 10, 18, 12, 9, 26WAS vs MIL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 22, 21, 25, 13, 8, 26, 13, 25CHI vs VAN · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 14, 19, 40, 19, 27, 26, 27, 25VAN @ CHI · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 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+5.8 23.6 last 10 · 17.8 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jalen RoseIND+4.9 21.4 last 10 · 16.5 season
Rodney RogersPHX+4.8 17.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+4.8 15.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−5.8 15.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.1 13.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.8 3.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Grant HillDET−4.6 22.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.2 8.4 last 10 · 12.6 season