FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 16, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIN by 7 at halftime and won 107–101.

Final
DET82
CLE86
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
POR93
HOU101
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +8
Final
ATL85
IND79
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +6
Final
WAS85
MIA94
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +9
Final
PHX110
MIL92
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +27; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +18
Final
LAL107
MIN101
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final
LAC89
NYK113
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +24
Final
SAS121
SAC109
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +12
Final
VAN85
SEA87
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +2
Final
NJN85
TOR100
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +15
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 16, 1998: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIN), 29 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIN

Lakers beat Minnesota by 6

The Lakers won 107–101 in Minnesota. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+2-7-3+6LAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL31162832107
MIN29252423101
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 27, 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24LAL24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 3 games: 21, 9, 22LAL22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 10, 4, 10, 14, 6, 7, 26, 22MIN22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 16, 19, 22, 22, 26, 22, 10, 21MIN21 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New York by 24.

SEA over VAN2CLE over DET4ATL over IND6LAL over MIN6HOU over POR8MIA over WAS9SAS over SAC12TOR over NJN15PHX over MIL18NYK over LAC24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Vin Baker leads the day with 31

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.
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 15, 16, 9, 6, 15, 18, 23, 31SEA vs VAN · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 18, 5, 17, 11, 10, 16, 28, 31NYK vs LAC · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 26, 27, 34, 15, 26, 27, 29SAS @ SAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 18, 26, 15, 12, 21, 10, 20, 24MIA vs WAS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 27, 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24LAL @ MIN · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 7, 17, 15, 19, 16, 20, 22, 24NYK vs LAC · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Vin BakerSEA+3.7 18.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.6 25.0 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.5 11.8 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.4 25.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+3.3 10.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.9 8.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Shandon AndersonUTA−2.7 5.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Walt WilliamsPOR−2.5 6.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−2.5 12.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Sam MackHOU−2.4 10.5 last 10 · 12.9 season