FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 21, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ORL by 20 at halftime and won 115–104.

Final · OT
CHI95
BOS92
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
NJN85
CLE88
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +3
Final
SEA98
DEN102
Q1 DEN +20; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final · OT
UTA101
DET104
Q1 DET -15; Q2 DET -16; Q3 DET -16; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
CHH94
MIL87
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +7
Final
LAC100
MIN85
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +15
Final
LAL115
ORL104
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -20; Q3 LAL -10; Q4 LAL +11
Final
PHI75
POR91
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +16
Final · OT
NYK81
TOR85
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
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 21, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (VAN @ MIN), 31 points.
The lead · LAL @ ORL

Kobe Bryant drops 38 in 20-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 20 at the half. Final: 115–104.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-20-10+11LAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL24193141115
ORL29342120104
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 16, 9, 18, 29, 21, 14, 23, 38LAL38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24, 37, 23, 31LAL31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Michael DoleacPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 11, 4, 3, 6, 10, 10, 16, 25ORL25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 22, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 22ORL22 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 16.

CHI over BOS3CLE over NJN3DET over UTA3DEN over SEA4TOR over NYK4CHH over MIL7LAL over ORL11LAC over MIN15POR over PHI16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 16, 9, 18, 29, 21, 14, 23, 38LAL @ ORL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 5, 14, 18, 9, 9, 19, 15, 32DET vs UTA · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 21, 28, 21, 26, 17, 24, 16, 31UTA @ DET · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24, 37, 23, 31LAL @ ORL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 19, 16, 33, 27, 23, 18, 14, 29DET vs UTA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 22, 26, 22, 10, 21, 20, 28, 27MIN vs LAC · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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 12.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.8 25.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Felipe LopezVAN+3.4 10.4 last 10 · 7.0 season
Bimbo ColesGSW+3.4 11.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Elden CampbellCHH+3.2 11.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−5.8 9.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Chris WebberSAC−3.7 16.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Gary PaytonSEA−3.2 18.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Scottie PippenHOU−3.0 12.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Grant LongATL−2.6 6.2 last 10 · 8.8 season