FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 21, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 2 after the first quarter and won 86–75.

Final · Box score
NJN79
IND80
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +1
Final · Box score
SAC90
MIN102
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +12
Final · Box score
CHI63
NYK79
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +16
Final · Box score
HOU83
ORL109
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +26
Final · Box score
DET64
SAS85
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +21
Final · Box score
LAL89
SEA92
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +3
Final · Box score
VAN87
TOR102
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +15
Final · Box score
BOS75
WAS86
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
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 21, 1998: 5 games. Top scorer: Calbert Cheaney (WAS vs CHI), 30 points.
The lead · BOS @ WAS

Washington beats Boston, 86–75

Washington led 68–54 after three and won by 11. Mitch Richmond led Washington with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+10+14+11WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1916192175
WAS1728231886
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 8 games: 8, 26, 26, 25, 13, 31, 9, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 8 games: 12, 16, 24, 5, 14, 23, 12, 20WAS20 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 8 games: 19, 19, 12, 19, 19, 26, 22, 24BOS24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 5 games: 4, 24, 27, 8, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NJN @ IND

Indiana holds off New Jersey, 80–79

Indiana led 64–59 after three and held on to win by one. Chris Mullin led Indiana with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over NJN1SEA over LAL3WAS over BOS11MIN over SAC12TOR over VAN15NYK over CHI16SAS over DET21ORL over HOU26Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
20.11997–98 avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 1997–98 (74 games). Today: 6 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Joe Smith 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.
Joe SmithPoints, last 9 games: 23, 11, 9, 17, 14, 9, 11, 21, 30MIN vs SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 30, 37, 26, 29, 36, 20, 24, 28, 27LAL @ SEA · L
28.6 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 8 games: 16, 4, 22, 7, 17, 15, 13, 27TOR vs VAN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 9 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28, 17, 34, 7, 26SEA vs LAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 9 games: 12, 21, 11, 15, 19, 20, 12, 25, 26NYK vs CHI · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 9 games: 29, 24, 17, 13, 19, 35, 18, 21, 25NJN @ IND · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST