FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 2, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed WAS by 9 at halftime and won 87–84.

Final · OT
CLE114
CHI110
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +4
Final
NJN103
DAL102
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +1
Final
SAC99
HOU102
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SEA83
MIA101
Q1 MIA +18; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +18
Final
MIL94
NYK109
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final
CHH96
ORL104
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +8
Final
IND87
PHX118
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +31
Final
MIN108
SAS102
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +6
Final
PHI87
WAS84
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +3
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 · 1998–99Mar 2, 1999: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC @ VAN), 36 points.
The lead · PHI @ WAS

Philadelphia rallies from 9 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 9 at the half, Philadelphia outscored the Wizards 52–40 the rest of the way. Final: 87–84. Toni Kukoc led Philadelphia with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-4-9-4+3PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1718242887
WAS2123192184
Who led
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 14, 11, 9, 18, 6, 6, 13, 19PHI19 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 12, 16, 20, 10, 13, 11, 19, 17PHI17 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 18, 12, 9, 26, 19, 10, 18, 16WAS16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 12, 13, 18, 4, 20, 13, 13WAS13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Suns rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Indiana by 31.

NJN over DAL1HOU over SAC3PHI over WAS3CLE over CHI4MIN over SAS6ORL over CHH8NYK over MIL15MIA over SEA18PHX over IND31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
18.8Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg11.4Last 3

11.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 56 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg42.1Today

42 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 19, 17, 16, 19, 21, 13, 13, 32NYK vs MIL · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 13, 18, 6, 16, 9, 19, 9, 31DAL vs NJN · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 26, 13, 25, 38, 10, 28, 26, 30CHI vs CLE · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 22, 12, 33, 25, 28, 36, 23, 29SAC @ HOU · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 20, 14, 9, 18, 15, 24, 7, 29MIA vs SEA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 4, 3, 11, 7, 8, 11, 17, 26MIL @ NYK · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 5 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+5.8 22.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+5.7 22.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Rodney RogersPHX+5.5 18.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Michael DickersonVAN+5.3 23.0 last 10 · 17.7 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.2 16.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−6.6 23.1 last 10 · 29.7 season
Steve FrancisHOU−5.2 11.9 last 10 · 17.1 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.9 11.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.8 13.3 last 10 · 18.1 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.8 9.9 last 10 · 14.7 season