FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 20, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 9 after three quarters and won 103–93.

Final
MIL83
ATL77
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +6
Final
SAC90
DAL104
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +14
Final · OT
PHX93
HOU103
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +10
Final
IND94
MIA89
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +5
Final
BOS78
NYK96
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +18
Final · OT
SAS92
VAN88
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
CLE83
WAS113
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +30
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 20, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Bryant Reeves (VAN @ CHI), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Charles Barkley scores 35, Houston rallies past Phoenix

Houston trailed by 9 after three and won 103–93.

Game flow · HOU 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.Final0-5+3-90+10HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX27193114293
HOU2227192312103
Who led
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 10, 7, 24, 15, 21, 15, 15, 35HOU35 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 16, 20, 31, 24, 17, 21, 26, 16HOU16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 12, 16, 33, 17, 19, 19, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 18, 8, 20, 13, 20, 19, 15, 17PHX17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

SAS over VAN4IND over MIA5MIL over ATL6HOU over PHX10DAL over SAC14NYK over BOS18WAS over CLE30Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Charles Barkley leads the day with 35

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.
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 10, 7, 24, 15, 21, 15, 15, 35HOU vs PHX · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 22, 18, 26, 19, 23, 22, 13, 29WAS vs CLE · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 14, 22, 18, 12, 20, 18, 20, 28WAS vs CLE · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 15, 12, 21, 10, 20, 24, 24, 28MIA vs IND · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 17, 11, 10, 16, 28, 31, 12, 27NYK vs BOS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 19, 35, 27, 21, 15, 21, 21, 25VAN vs SAS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 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
Tim DuncanSAS+3.8 25.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.5 12.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Felipe LopezVAN+3.4 10.4 last 10 · 7.0 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+3.4 11.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Bimbo ColesGSW+3.4 11.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−4.9 10.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Chris WebberSAC−3.7 16.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.1 6.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Scottie PippenHOU−3.0 12.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Grant LongATL−2.6 6.2 last 10 · 8.8 season