FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 18, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed BOS by 7 at halftime and won 99–83.

Final
NJN95
CHI104
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAL93
CLE100
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final
BOS83
MIL99
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +16
Final
ORL86
NYK78
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +8
Final
POR88
SAC78
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +10
Final
MIN81
VAN86
Q1 VAN -5; Q2 VAN +1; Q3 VAN 0; Q4 VAN +5
Final
UTA95
WAS87
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +8
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 18, 1998: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ DET), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIL

Milwaukee beats Boston, 99–83

Milwaukee led 77–74 after three and won by 16. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-7+3+16MIL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS263216983
MIL2427262299
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 10, 27, 22, 30, 15, 15, 12, 23MIL23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 17, 6, 19, 18, 22, 29, 10, 21MIL21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 21, 29, 32, 19, 22, 16, 14, 16BOS16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 10, 9, 10, 9, 12, 21, 14BOS14 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIN @ VAN

Vancouver upsets Minnesota

Vancouver (4–19) beat Minnesota (13–10) 86–81. Bryant Reeves led Vancouver with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
VAN over MIN5CLE over LAL7ORL over NYK8UTA over WAS8CHI over NJN9POR over SAC10MIL over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = VAN over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg30.4Today

30 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 37

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: 25, 27, 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24, 37LAL @ CLE · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 11, 5, 5, 11, 4, 4, 21, 28VAN vs MIN · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 6, 10, 13, 6, 14, 4, 13, 25POR @ SAC · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 30, 34, 21, 28, 21, 26, 17, 24UTA @ WAS · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 16, 18, 10, 12, 21, 22, 29, 24NJN @ CHI · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 4 games: 21, 9, 22, 24LAL @ CLE · L
19.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 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
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+4.2 12.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Vin BakerSEA+3.7 18.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.7 25.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Randy BrownCHI+3.7 13.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Gary TrentDAL+3.6 16.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.2 5.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Chris WebberSAC−3.2 16.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
J.R. ReidLAL−2.4 10.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.3 9.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Scottie PippenHOU−2.3 12.7 last 10 · 15.0 season