FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 14, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 104–90.

Final
ATL85
DET72
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +13
Final
BOS96
IND99
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +3
Final
NJN76
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +26
Final
CHH86
NYK94
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +8
Final
HOU90
PHX104
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +14
Final
LAL101
SAC105
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +4
Final
LAC89
SEA108
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +19
Final
MIL86
WAS98
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +12
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 14, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: David Robinson (SAS vs CHI), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Jason Kidd posts 26-11-14 as Phoenix tops Houston

A triple-double in a 104–90 win.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-7-1+14PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1232242290
PHX15223037104
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 12, 13, 7, 21, 13, 11, 14, 26PHX26 PTS · 11 REB · 14 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 20, 14, 18, 12, 12, 16, 33, 17PHX17 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 21, 15, 10, 7, 24, 15, 21HOU21 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 12, 17, 8, 16, 20, 31, 24, 17HOU17 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat New Jersey by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

IND over BOS3SAC over LAL4NYK over CHH8WAS over MIL12ATL over DET13PHX over HOU14SEA over LAC19MIA over NJN26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 33

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 25, 27, 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33LAL @ SAC · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 10, 32, 20, 24, 16, 9, 18, 29LAL @ SAC · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 28, 9, 34, 20, 10, 21, 25, 28SEA vs LAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 13, 14, 15, 11, 14, 20, 10, 28IND vs BOS · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 4, 17, 28, 17, 19, 16, 33, 27DET vs ATL · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 12, 13, 7, 21, 13, 11, 14, 26PHX vs HOU · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 14 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
Tyrone CorbinATL+3.3 10.0 last 10 · 6.7 season
Gary TrentDAL+3.0 15.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.0 11.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.9 23.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+2.6 9.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.4 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Sam MackHOU−3.1 9.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Grant HillDET−2.9 19.4 last 10 · 22.3 season
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.8 8.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Shandon AndersonUTA−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season