FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 11, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 83–73.

Final
BOS85
ATL99
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +14
Final
SEA92
CHI83
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +9
Final
ORL76
DAL93
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +17
Final
MIN82
GSW89
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +7
Final
VAN91
HOU102
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAC92
LAC106
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +14
Final
TOR73
MIA83
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +10
Final
WAS86
NYK98
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +12
Final
DEN89
UTA94
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +5
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 11, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (WAS @ PHI), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Miami fights back from 8 down against Toronto

Final: 83–73, after trailing by 8 after one. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5+15+10MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR222082373
MIA1423281883
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 24, 28, 27, 23, 17, 15, 16, 23MIA23 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 6, 2, 8, 8, 6, 13, 6, 22MIA22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 0, 13, 14, 12, 9, 3, 10, 20TOR20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 7, 28, 21, 8, 15, 14, 19, 26, 16TOR16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ GSW

Golden State beats Minnesota, 89–82

Golden State led 63–61 after three and won by 7. Donyell Marshall led Golden State with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over DEN5GSW over MIN7SEA over CHI9MIA over TOR10HOU over VAN11NYK over WAS12ATL over BOS14LAC over SAC14DAL over ORL17Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 39

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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 16, 46, 16, 20, 17, 29, 23, 39DEN @ UTA · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 22, 12, 17, 8, 16, 20, 31HOU vs VAN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 13, 30, 20, 16, 30, 34, 21, 28UTA vs DEN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 16, 16, 18, 7, 16, 17, 28, 28CHI vs SEA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 18, 29, 17, 22, 26, 19, 35, 27VAN @ HOU · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 19, 12, 2, 16, 11, 6, 26VAN @ HOU · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Vlade DivacSAC+2.8 15.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Gary TrentDAL+2.8 15.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+2.8 24.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+2.3 10.4 last 10 · 8.1 season
A.C. GreenDAL+2.3 8.2 last 10 · 5.9 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayORL−2.7 12.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.2 16.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.1 9.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jason WilliamsSAC−1.6 12.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL−1.6 25.4 last 10 · 26.9 season