FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 13, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 12 after three quarters and won 106–96.

Final
TOR75
ATL86
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +11
Final
VAN74
DAL91
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +17
Final
ORL87
GSW74
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +13
Final
CLE89
HOU100
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final · OT
POR106
LAC96
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -12; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +10
Final
DEN61
SAS92
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +31
Final
MIN72
UTA99
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +27
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 13, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs ATL), 34 points.
The lead · POR @ LAC

Portland flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Clippers led 51–48 at the break. Tied 91–91 after regulation, Portland won the extra time 15–5. Final: 106–96. Brian Grant led Portland with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-3-120+10POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR1830162715106
LAC27242515596
Who led
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 13, 20, 14, 10, 14, 19, 8, 25POR25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 10, 4, 10, 14, 21, 6, 2, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 12, 4, 11, 10, 7, 21, 15, 18LAC18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 18, 14, 10, 24, 15, 13, 15LAC15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ORL @ GSW

Orlando tops Golden State in Golden State

Final: 87–74. Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over LAC10ATL over TOR11HOU over CLE11ORL over GSW13DAL over VAN17UTA over MIN27SAS over DEN31Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 27

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: 18, 22, 21, 23, 26, 27, 34, 15, 26, 27SAS vs DEN · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 20, 16, 30, 34, 21, 28, 21, 26UTA vs MIN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 13, 20, 14, 10, 14, 19, 8, 25POR @ LAC · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 19, 22, 15, 31, 16, 18, 25CLE @ HOU · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 12, 17, 8, 16, 20, 31, 24HOU vs CLE · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 12, 16, 13, 18, 19, 6, 18, 24ATL vs TOR · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Gary TrentDAL+3.0 15.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.0 11.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Vlade DivacSAC+2.9 15.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.9 23.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+2.6 9.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Grant HillDET−3.9 18.1 last 10 · 22.1 season
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.4 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Shandon AndersonUTA−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.7 8.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Joe SmithMIN−2.6 10.7 last 10 · 13.3 season