FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 24, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 100–83.

Final
SAS72
CHH70
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +2
Final
UTA92
DAL85
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
Final
DEN106
HOU97
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +24; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +9
Final
CHI83
IND100
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +17
Final
LAC91
MIN116
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +27; Q4 MIN +25
Final
ORL92
POR111
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +19
Final
BOS101
VAN77
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +24
Final
PHX92
WAS83
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +9
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 24, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · CHI @ IND

Indiana rallies from 8 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 8 after one, Indiana outscored the Bulls 78–53 the rest of the way. Final: 100–83. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Elton Brand scored 38 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · IND 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1+6+17IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3014211883
IND22232629100
Who led
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 20, 23, 32, 20, 12, 28, 23, 22IND22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Austin CrosherePoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 15, 2, 15, 16, 10, 6, 18, 17IND17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 21, 25, 13, 8, 26, 13, 25, 38CHI38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 13, 7, 7, 14, 15, 2, 17, 11CHI11 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Clippers by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

SAS over CHH2UTA over DAL7DEN over HOU9PHX over WAS9IND over CHI17POR over ORL19BOS over VAN24MIN over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 38

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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 21, 25, 13, 8, 26, 13, 25, 38CHI @ IND · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 10, 6, 13, 19, 15, 8, 10, 30POR vs ORL · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 19, 7, 26, 18, 21, 23, 14, 26DAL vs UTA · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 16, 17, 27, 20, 11, 23, 14, 25BOS @ VAN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 2, 16, 4, 11, 14, 14, 14, 25UTA @ DAL · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 10, 14, 27, 12, 19, 12, 21, 24, 24BOS @ VAN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jalen RoseIND+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.9 15.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Michael DickersonVAN+5.7 23.5 last 10 · 17.8 season
Rodney RogersPHX+5.6 18.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPHX−6.6 11.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Isaiah RiderATL−5.0 16.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 3.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Grant HillDET−4.4 22.2 last 10 · 26.6 season
Derek AndersonLAC−4.0 12.3 last 10 · 16.3 season