FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 3, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 101–95.

Final
PHX95
LAL101
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
GSW78
MIL106
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +28
Final
CHH76
ORL93
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +17
Final
CHI86
PHI102
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +16
Final · OT
POR97
SAC93
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
VAN86
UTA109
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +23
Final
IND106
WAS95
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +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 · 1997–98Mar 3, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Rider (POR vs PHX), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 32 in Lakers win over Phoenix

Final: 101–95. Kobe Bryant added 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-9-6+1+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3421172395
LAL25242428101
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 23, 26, 11, 7, 22, 18, 10, 32LAL32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 27, 28, 26, 19, 19, 22, 25, 27LAL27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 1, 26, 9, 9, 17, 20, 13, 20PHX20 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 19, 4, 12, 10, 22, 20, 20, 14PHX14 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ WAS

Indiana gets past Washington

106–95, with Indiana ahead 60–56 at halftime. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 22 points, 0 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over SAC4LAL over PHX6IND over WAS11PHI over CHI16ORL over CHH17UTA over VAN23MIL over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = IND over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 23, 26, 11, 7, 22, 18, 10, 32LAL vs PHX · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 27, 28, 26, 19, 19, 22, 25, 27LAL vs PHX · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 16, 16, 8, 17, 25, 21, 20, 26WAS vs IND · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 22, 19, 30, 6, 21, 25, 15, 25ORL vs CHH · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 8, 22, 14, 11, 28, 17, 24, 24CHH @ ORL · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 29, 26, 37, 36, 33, 25, 38, 24PHI vs CHI · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST