FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 22, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–93.

Final
LAL96
DAL93
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +3
Final
SAC100
HOU110
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +10
Final
WAS86
IND90
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +4
Final
DET86
MIL115
Q1 MIL +26; Q2 MIL +31; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +29
Final
TOR87
NJN106
Q1 NJN +18; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +19
Final
ATL80
NYK71
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
Final
VAN84
PHX89
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +5
Final
PHI76
SEA92
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +16
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 22, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ SAC), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ DAL

Lakers climb out of an 8-point hole against Dallas

Down 8 after one, the Lakers won the third quarter 29–19 and the game 96–93. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3+7+3LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1727292396
DAL2522192793
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 31, 20, 33, 24, 37, 23, 31, 25LAL25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 9, 18, 29, 21, 14, 23, 38, 21LAL21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 22, 18, 21, 21, 21, 18, 22, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 3, 7, 14, 6, 12, 13, 17, 16DAL16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Detroit by 29, the widest margin of 8 games.

LAL over DAL3IND over WAS4PHX over VAN5ATL over NYK9HOU over SAC10SEA over PHI16NJN over TOR19MIL over DET29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest 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
6.4Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg28.8Today

29 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mitch Richmond 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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 18, 26, 19, 23, 22, 13, 29, 35WAS @ IND · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 20, 31, 24, 17, 21, 26, 16, 32HOU vs SAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 10, 12, 21, 22, 29, 24, 20, 31NJN vs TOR · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 17, 15, 19, 20, 15, 16, 12, 29SAC @ HOU · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 10, 21, 25, 28, 12, 18, 7, 26SEA vs PHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 35, 27, 21, 15, 21, 21, 25, 26VAN @ PHX · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Hubert DavisDAL+4.7 11.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
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 10.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Bimbo ColesGSW+3.4 11.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−5.8 9.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Grant LongATL−2.9 5.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Charles OakleyTOR−2.8 4.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Keith Van HornNJN−2.7 17.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick AndersonORL−2.6 14.4 last 10 · 17.0 season