FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 27, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 89–88.

Final
CHI90
DET93
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +3
Final
HOU85
LAL101
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +16
Final
ORL95
MIL102
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SAS98
MIN102
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +4
Final
PHI88
NYK89
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +1
Final
UTA92
POR101
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +9
Final
PHX102
TOR103
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +1
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 27, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Gary Trent (DAL vs SAC), 29 points.
The lead · PHI @ NYK

New York takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 2 after three, New York won the fourth 19–16. Final: 89–88. Patrick Ewing led New York with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-7-4-2+1NYK AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2823211688
NYK2126231989
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 20, 7, 15, 16, 15, 24, 25, 18NYK18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 14, 5, 5, 12, 6, 0, 7, 15NYK15 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 50, 14, 41, 28, 19, 16, 22, 25, 26PHI26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 14, 5, 12, 14, 7, 15, 17, 19PHI19 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
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: Lakers by 16.

NYK over PHI1TOR over PHX1DET over CHI3MIN over SAS4MIL over ORL7POR over UTA9LAL over HOU16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
24.8Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg24.1Last 3

24.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 51

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 34, 29, 21, 31, 24, 33, 23, 51TOR vs PHX · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high51 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Pat GarrityPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 7, 9, 15, 13, 6, 7, 0, 32ORL @ MIL · L
8.6 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 21, 26, 11, 18, 21, 21, 17, 31LAL vs HOU · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 24, 23, 17, 27, 18, 16, 28, 29MIN vs SAS · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 30, 20, 16, 15, 31, 16, 23, 29SAS @ MIN · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 11, 30, 21, 2, 20, 15, 24, 29HOU @ LAL · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Jalen RoseIND+6.5 23.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Rodney RogersPHX+6.0 19.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Andre MillerCLE+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Vince CarterTOR+5.9 31.2 last 10 · 25.3 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPHX−6.7 11.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.7 12.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.5 3.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.4 10.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Isaiah RiderATL−4.4 17.2 last 10 · 21.6 season