FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 6, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed GSW by 6 at halftime and won 97–80.

Final
GSW80
CLE97
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +17
Final
DET82
ORL87
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +5
Final
SAC111
PHX99
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +23; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +12
Final
LAC85
SAS114
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +29
Final
HOU107
VAN92
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +15
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 6, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS vs WAS), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ CLE

Shawn Kemp posts 31 and 14 as Cleveland beats Golden State

31 points and 14 rebounds in a 97–80 win.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-6+5+17CLE AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2220172180
CLE2412283397
Who led
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 23, 24, 16, 19, 22, 15, 31CLE31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 7, 10, 6, 12, 11, 5, 5, 16CLE16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 13, 18, 15, 14, 15, 16, 17, 15GSW15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 9, 8, 11, 18, 9, 4, 8, 13GSW13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DET @ ORL

Orlando leads Detroit wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 87–82. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–27. Ike Austin led Orlando with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET5SAC over PHX12HOU over VAN15CLE over GSW17SAS over LAC29Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.5Season avg25.2Today

25 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shawn Kemp 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.
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 23, 24, 16, 19, 22, 15, 31CLE vs GSW · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 17, 10, 18, 22, 21, 23, 26, 27SAS vs LAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 28, 22, 20, 18, 29, 17, 22, 26VAN vs HOU · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 5, 9, 14, 7, 6, 9, 20, 26HOU @ VAN · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 7, 10, 17, 8, 11, 5, 11, 24SAC @ PHX · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 6, 13, 12, 13, 11, 20, 8, 23ORL vs DET · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST