FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 25, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SEA by 8 after three quarters and won 95–87.

Final
SAS91
CHI78
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +13
Final
GSW99
DET131
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +32
Final
BOS96
LAL109
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +13
Final
CLE82
MIA87
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
PHI97
MIL83
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +14
Final
PHX79
NYK84
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ATL95
SEA87
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MIN107
TOR85
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +22
Final
ORL88
UTA96
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +8
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 25, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ CHI), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ SEA

Atlanta climbs out of an 8-point hole against Seattle

Down 8 after three, the Hawks won the fourth quarter 29–13 and the game 95–87. Isaiah Rider led Atlanta with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final00-5-8+8ATL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2421212995
SEA2426241387
Who led
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 23, 12, 14, 9, 9, 22, 33, 24ATL24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 7, 23, 20, 9, 15, 17, 23ATL23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 13, 17, 25, 41, 13, 27, 17, 21SEA21 PTS · 7 REB · 16 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 8, 18, 12, 11, 19, 17, 2, 21SEA21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Detroit by 32.

MIA over CLE5NYK over PHX5ATL over SEA8UTA over ORL8SAS over CHI13LAL over BOS13PHI over MIL14MIN over TOR22DET over GSW32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg23.1Today

23 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 30

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 36, 30, 23, 20, 15, 26, 24, 30DET vs GSW · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 23, 13, 29, 22, 21, 22, 19, 29DET vs GSW · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 37, 29, 18, 39, 22, 35, 19, 28LAL vs BOS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 10, 24, 23, 17, 27, 18, 16, 28MIN @ TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 14, 31, 27, 24, 11, 25, 17, 28CLE @ MIA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 15, 20, 7, 15, 16, 15, 24, 25NYK vs PHX · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Rodney RogersPHX+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jalen RoseIND+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Andre MillerCLE+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Michael DickersonVAN+5.7 23.5 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPHX−7.6 10.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 3.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.6 10.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ron MercerORL−4.5 12.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Metta World PeaceCHI−4.2 7.9 last 10 · 12.1 season