FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 7, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by WAS (vs PHI) and SAC (vs DAL).

Final
SAS106
DEN96
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIA72
IND85
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +13
Final
NJN86
NYK97
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +11
Final · OT
WAS103
PHI95
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +8
Final
HOU71
POR111
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +40
Final
DAL89
SAC94
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +5
Final
MIN88
SEA77
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +11
Final
BOS92
TOR105
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +13
Final
LAL97
UTA89
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
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 7, 1998: 3 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIL), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Dallas's skid reaches three

Sacramento won 94–89; the Mavericks fall to 6–13. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+5+8+5SAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1922232589
SAC1432262294
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 21, 17, 17, 20, 36, 20, 14, 18SAC18 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 9, 16, 10, 13, 15, 18, 15, 15SAC15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gary TrentPoints, last 10 games: 27, 4, 12, 18, 6, 29, 16, 14, 7, 18DAL18 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 22, 20, 2, 16, 20, 11, 29, 18DAL18 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Houston by 40, the widest margin of 9 games.

SAC over DAL5WAS over PHI8LAL over UTA8SAS over DEN10NYK over NJN11MIN over SEA11IND over MIA13TOR over BOS13POR over HOU40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 34

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 10, 18, 22, 21, 23, 26, 27, 34SAS @ DEN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 20, 22, 13, 30, 20, 16, 30, 34UTA vs LAL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 37, 36, 33, 25, 38, 24, 34, 30PHI vs WAS · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 20, 20, 17, 6, 16, 31, 24, 30NYK vs NJN · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 24, 13, 16, 46, 16, 20, 17, 29DEN vs SAS · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 8, 17, 24, 28, 21, 17, 21, 29BOS @ TOR · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST