FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 28, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 11 after the first quarter and won 94–87.

Final
IND101
BOS93
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +8
Final
CLE84
CHH105
Q1 CHH -9; Q2 CHH -9; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +21
Final
SEA87
DET104
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +20; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +17
Final
NYK91
LAL99
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +8
Final
MIL94
MIN85
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +9
Final
MIA87
ORL94
Q1 ORL -11; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +7
Final
POR88
PHX86
Q1 POR +21; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +2
Final
HOU107
SAC93
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +14
Final
CHI78
TOR91
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +13
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 28, 1998: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs LAL), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Orlando climbs back to beat Miami

Miami led by 11 after one. Orlando won it 94–87. Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-4-2+7ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA3116202087
ORL2023222994
Who led
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 14, 23, 18, 17, 28, 25, 11, 25ORL25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 22, 13, 14, 8, 17ORL17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 25, 19, 14, 6, 11, 19, 28, 24MIA24 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 7, 18, 14, 10, 6, 14, 16, 23MIA23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHH

Charlotte fights back from 9 down against Cleveland

Final: 105–84, after trailing by 9 after one. Brad Miller led Charlotte with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · CHH vs CLE
Brad Miller · CHHWesley Person · CLEPTS2420REB53AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.0Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

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: 18, 29, 21, 14, 23, 38, 21, 25, 26, 29LAL vs NYK · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 14, 23, 18, 17, 28, 25, 11, 25ORL vs MIA · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 31, 12, 27, 9, 11, 16, 23, 25NYK @ LAL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 25, 19, 14, 6, 11, 19, 28, 24MIA @ ORL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 26, 16, 32, 24, 12, 20, 24HOU @ SAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 10, 3, 0, 4, 25, 1, 24CHH vs CLE · W
6.6 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+5.2 12.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.4 17.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Elden CampbellCHH+3.8 13.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Dee BrownTOR+3.7 15.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.6 24.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−5.6 8.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.1 11.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−3.8 15.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Chuck PersonCHH−3.5 3.4 last 10 · 6.9 season
Grant LongATL−3.2 4.8 last 10 · 8.0 season