FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 20, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NJN by 2 after the first quarter and won 89–84.

Final · Box score
NJN84
CLE89
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
DAL105
LAC90
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +15
Final · Box score
HOU71
MIA81
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
IND82
MIL80
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +2
Final · Box score
ATL76
PHI69
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +7
Final · Box score
GSW84
POR90
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
SEA80
UTA110
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +30
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 · 1997–98Feb 20, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Anderson (ORL vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ CLE

Cleveland extends win streak to 5

89–84 over New Jersey. Record: 5–3. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-2+1-1+5CLE AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2617192284
CLE2420172889
Who led
Shawn KempPoints, last 8 games: 13, 18, 26, 20, 25, 18, 20, 24CLE24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 8 games: 12, 6, 13, 7, 14, 11, 12, 19CLE19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 8 games: 29, 24, 17, 13, 19, 35, 18, 21NJN21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 5 games: 15, 5, 15, 17, 19NJN19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Seattle by 30, the widest margin of 7 games.

IND over MIL2CLE over NJN5POR over GSW6ATL over PHI7MIA over HOU10DAL over LAC15UTA over SEA30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 31

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 15, 15, 28, 9, 21, 12, 19, 31DAL @ LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 8 games: 25, 16, 18, 15, 18, 12, 8, 31MIL vs IND · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 9 games: 21, 28, 31, 22, 35, 26, 15, 14, 28UTA vs SEA · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Gary TrentPoints, last 9 games: 6, 1, 4, 0, 9, 14, 15, 18, 27DAL @ LAC · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 8 games: 15, 6, 26, 17, 10, 19, 16, 27POR vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 16, 19, 46, 32, 23, 33, 29, 26PHI vs ATL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST