FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 15, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed PHI by 6 after the first quarter and won 74–73.

Final · OT
CLE89
CHI85
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +4
Final
POR106
DAL91
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +15
Final
VAN84
DEN110
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +26
Final
SAC111
GSW105
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +6
Final
NYK108
MIL102
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +6
Final
UTA90
MIN83
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +7
Final
PHI73
ORL74
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +1
Final
CHH82
TOR89
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +7
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 15, 1998: 8 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs IND), 31 points.
The lead · PHI @ ORL

Orlando takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 3 after three, Orlando won the fourth 20–16. Final: 74–73. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-6-5-3+1ORL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2220151673
ORL1621172074
Who led
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 25, 15, 8, 34, 17, 18, 9, 15ORL15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 10, 19, 11, 14, 6, 2, 16, 14ORL14 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 18, 21, 8, 8, 6, 6, 14, 18PHI18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 6, 8, 7, 16, 10, 17, 23, 17PHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ GSW

Golden State's skid reaches three

Sacramento won 111–105; the Warriors fall to 9–13. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · GSW
L@ PHX89–102L@ MIN78–89L@ MIL78–106W@ IND102–83L@ CLE80–97Wvs VAN92–82Wvs MIN89–82L@ LAL78–89Lvs ORL74–87Lvs SAC105–111GSW: last 10 games through Mar 15, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Rider leads the day with 30

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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 16, 12, 21, 5, 21, 18, 3, 30POR @ DAL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 18, 9, 17, 6, 19, 18, 22, 29MIL vs NYK · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 9 games: 24, 5, 18, 5, 17, 11, 10, 16, 28NYK @ MIL · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 19, 10, 4, 10, 14, 6, 7, 26MIN vs UTA · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Bimbo ColesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 1, 14, 9, 17, 6, 5, 10, 23GSW vs SAC · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 18, 7, 16, 17, 28, 28, 25, 22CHI vs CLE · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.5 11.8 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.4 25.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Tyrone CorbinATL+3.3 10.0 last 10 · 6.7 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+3.3 10.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.9 23.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Cold
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.5 5.6 last 10 · 9.1 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−2.7 5.8 last 10 · 8.5 season