FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 30, 1999Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 8 at halftime and won 104–101.

Final
DET93
ATL77
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +16
Final
BOS109
CHH99
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +10
Final
PHI81
CHI91
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +10
Final
TOR101
CLE91
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +10
Final
POR90
GSW93
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +3
Final
HOU104
LAC95
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final
WAS105
MIL107
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +2
Final
DAL78
MIN98
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +20
Final
IND93
NYK94
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +1
Final
NJN98
ORL100
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +2
Final · OT
UTA101
SAC104
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +3
Final
SEA87
SAS95
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DEN87
VAN101
Q1 VAN +2; Q2 VAN -2; Q3 VAN +6; Q4 VAN +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Vernon Maxwell scores 33, Sacramento rallies past Utah

Sacramento trailed by 8 at the half and won 104–101.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-8+40+3SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA232520276101
SAC202032239104
Who led
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 16, 9, 8, 25, 19, 12, 9, 33SAC33 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 12, 0, 8, 8, 0, 0, 9, 26SAC26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 17, 24, 16, 31, 23, 26, 7, 20UTA20 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 8, 12, 6, 15, 12, 10, 4, 14UTA14 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 20.

NYK over IND1MIL over WAS2ORL over NJN2GSW over POR3SAC over UTA3SAS over SEA8HOU over LAC9BOS over CHH10CHI over PHI10TOR over CLE10VAN over DEN14DET over ATL16MIN over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
10.21997–98 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 1997–98 (31 games). Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Patrick Ewing 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.
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 30, 11, 21, 23, 23, 13, 20, 37NYK vs IND · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 16, 9, 8, 25, 19, 12, 9, 33SAC vs UTA · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 21, 20, 18, 16, 4, 23, 22, 29DEN @ VAN · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 18, 14, 29, 10, 13, 11, 14, 28DET @ ATL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 21, 2, 5, 4, 13, 17, 6, 28ORL vs NJN · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 7, 12, 10, 25, 10, 23, 10, 28TOR @ CLE · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 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
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.9 18.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Hubert DavisDAL+4.6 12.1 last 10 · 7.5 season
Patrick EwingNYK+4.5 23.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Felipe LopezVAN+4.4 12.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Bimbo ColesGSW+4.4 13.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−4.5 12.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.3 15.0 last 10 · 19.3 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.9 10.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Chuck PersonCHH−3.7 3.2 last 10 · 6.9 season
Kevin WillisTOR−3.1 9.5 last 10 · 12.6 season