FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 13, 1999Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DEN by 2 after the first quarter and won 105–92.

Final · OT · Box score
Clippers104
Suns107
Q1 Suns 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 Suns 0; OT1 PHX +3
Final · Box score
Nuggets92
Sonics105
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +13
On this day · 1997–98Feb 13, 1998: 11 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers-Sonics), 44 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Sonics

Seattle stays perfect at 5–0

Gary Payton goes for 28 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+11+13+13SEA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2618252392
Sonics24312723105
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 5 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28SEA28 PTS · 9 REB · 16 AST
Hersey HawkinsPoints, last 5 games: 2, 3, 10, 2, 20SEA20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 6 games: 11, 17, 10, 24, 18, 17DEN17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 6 games: 17, 20, 7, 9, 27, 16DEN16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Clippers-Suns

Phoenix needs overtime to survive Clippers

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 14–11 for a 107–104 win. Rex Chapman led Phoenix with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Clippers
Rex Chapman · PHXLamond Murray · LACPTS2326REB36AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Clippers-Suns combined for 211, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-SunsClippers 104, Suns 107
211
Nuggets-SonicsNuggets 92, Sonics 105
197
PHX won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Clippers-SunsClippers 104, Suns 107
+3 PHX
Nuggets-SonicsNuggets 92, Sonics 105
+13 SEA
SEA rallied from 2 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-SonicsSEA won · Nuggets 92, Sonics 105
2 pts
Clippers-SunsPHX won · Clippers 104, Suns 107
1 pt
Maurice Taylor shot 10-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Maurice TaylorLAC · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
56% (10-18)
GugliottaPHX · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
BakerSEA · 14 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Clifford RobinsonPHX · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
53% (8-15)
KiddPHX · 16 AST, 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Clippers-Suns
Clippers 104Suns 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Clippers2322242411104
Suns2321242514107
The story
Jason Kidd had 16 assists and 14 points as Phoenix beat Los Angeles 107-104 in OT

Lamond Murray led Los Angeles with 26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 16 AST, 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL · 6-12 FG

The swing

The Suns won the overtime 14-11.

PHX lead by quarter
200 0−1−10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nuggets-Sonics
Nuggets 92Sonics 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2618252392
Sonics24312723105
The story
Hersey Hawkins' 20 points carried Seattle past Denver, 105-92

For Denver, Antonio McDyess had 15 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 20 PTS, 5 STL, 2 REB, 2 AST · 7-8 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The SuperSonics trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 31-18.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −2+11+13+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
23.31997–98 avg10.1Last 2

10.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.3 in 1997–98 (66 games). Today: 5 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−6.1points, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Points per game
15.11997–98 avg9.0Last 2

9.0 points a game over his last two games, against 15.1 in 1997–98 (76 games). Today: 7 points in 10 minutes.

Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 28

Gary PaytonPoints, last 5 games: 28, 32, 20, 24, 28Sonics-Nuggets · W
26.4 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 16 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 4 games: 14, 20, 21, 26Clippers-Suns · L
20.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 4 games: 6, 14, 12, 25Clippers-Suns · L
14.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 4 games: 8, 10, 6, 23Suns-Clippers · W
11.8 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 5 games: 19, 12, 12, 8, 23Suns-Clippers · W
14.8 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 5 games: 24, 29, 26, 18, 20Suns-Clippers · W
23.4 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST