FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 5, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–84.

Final · Box score
DEN94
BOS102
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
GSW102
IND83
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +19
Final · Box score
SEA100
LAL103
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
NYK87
MIL88
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +1
Final · Box score
MIA89
PHI78
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +11
Final · Box score
MIN85
POR97
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +12
Final · Box score
ORL89
TOR84
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
DAL95
UTA106
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +11
Final · Box score
CHH85
WAS86
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +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 · 1997–98Mar 5, 1998: 5 games. Top scorer: Calbert Cheaney (WAS vs NYK), 27 points.
The lead · ORL @ TOR

Orlando rallies from 8 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 8 after one, Orlando outscored the Raptors 74–61 the rest of the way. Final: 89–84. Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1+11+5ORL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1524302089
TOR2315202684
Who led
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 19, 13, 7, 14, 8, 5, 10, 19ORL19 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 19, 30, 6, 21, 25, 15, 25, 15ORL15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 17, 12, 14, 13, 19, 8, 6, 21TOR21 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 27, 7, 28, 21, 8, 15, 14, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 19.

MIL over NYK1WAS over CHH1LAL over SEA3ORL over TOR5BOS over DEN8MIA over PHI11UTA over DAL11POR over MIN12GSW over IND19Final 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
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Ron Mercer 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.
Ron MercerPoints, last 9 games: 4, 24, 27, 8, 17, 15, 15, 22, 35BOS vs DEN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 7, 26, 26, 20, 23, 28, 9, 34SEA @ LAL · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 26, 37, 36, 33, 25, 38, 24, 34PHI vs MIA · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 28, 26, 19, 19, 22, 25, 27, 31LAL vs SEA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 28, 20, 22, 13, 30, 20, 16, 30UTA vs DAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 17, 22, 20, 2, 16, 20, 11, 29DAL @ UTA · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST