FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 28, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 16 points, by MIA (vs NYK) and DAL (vs BOS).

Final
DAL108
BOS100
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -16; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +8
Final
SEA84
CHH81
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +3
Final
ATL75
GSW80
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +5
Final
HOU96
LAC77
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +19
Final
NYK76
MIA85
Q1 MIA -16; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +9
Final
NJN101
UTA106
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
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 28, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN vs VAN), 46 points.
The lead · DAL @ BOS

Dallas erases 16-point lead, steals one from Boston

Boston led 63–47 at halftime. Dallas won the second half 61–37 to take it 108–100. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-16-6+8DAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL26213229108
BOS29342215100
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 14, 18, 22, 12, 23, 9, 13, 26DAL26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 21, 6, 13, 18, 6, 16, 9, 19DAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 12, 19, 12, 21, 24, 24, 25, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 27, 20, 11, 23, 14, 25, 19, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two comebacks from 15 or more down

Winners erased deficits of 15 or more points at a quarter break two times in 6 games.

SEA over CHH3GSW over ATL5UTA over NJN5DAL over BOS8MIA over NYK9HOU over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = winner came back from 15+ down at a break.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 32, 30, 33, 25, 18, 19, 23, 35UTA vs NJN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 17, 27, 18, 39, 33, 21, 21, 34NJN @ UTA · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 17, 25, 41, 13, 27, 17, 21, 32SEA @ CHH · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jeff HornacekPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 13, 22, 8, 21, 14, 9, 4, 27UTA vs NJN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 14, 18, 22, 12, 23, 9, 13, 26DAL @ BOS · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 9, 9, 22, 33, 24, 16, 24ATL @ GSW · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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−5.9 11.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.6 3.0 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.4 10.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Ron MercerORL−4.4 12.8 last 10 · 17.2 season