FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 29, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed VAN by 3 after the first quarter and won 112–87.

Final
PHX100
CLE93
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DET105
IND115
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +10
Final
CHH92
MIN87
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +7; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +5
Final
SEA94
ORL103
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +9
Final
DAL87
PHI106
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +19
Final
LAL90
POR87
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +3
Final
VAN87
SAC112
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +25
Final
MIA69
SAS93
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +24
Final
CHI80
TOR87
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +7
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 · VAN @ SAC

Sacramento routs Vancouver by 25

Sacramento led by 16 at halftime and won 112–87. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+16+15+25SAC AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2916261687
SAC26352526112
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 27, 22, 12, 33, 25, 28, 36, 23SAC23 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 15, 8, 13, 2, 14, 4, 8, 13SAC13 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Othella HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 11, 8, 4, 6, 13, 13, 20, 20VAN20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 19, 15, 24, 17, 8, 20, 22, 19VAN19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Second story · LAL @ POR

Lakers hold off Portland, 90–87

Lakers led 68–62 after three and held on to win by three. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over POR3CHH over MIN5PHX over CLE7TOR over CHI7ORL over SEA9IND over DET10PHI over DAL19SAS over MIA24SAC over VAN25Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill 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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 23, 20, 15, 26, 24, 30, 14, 37DET @ IND · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 50, 14, 41, 28, 19, 16, 22, 25, 26, 35PHI vs DAL · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 29, 22, 21, 22, 19, 29, 27, 32DET @ IND · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 25, 41, 13, 27, 17, 21, 32, 29SEA @ ORL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 14, 17, 11, 4, 9, 19, 13, 27ORL vs SEA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 8, 26, 13, 25, 38, 10, 28, 26CHI @ TOR · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 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
Jalen RoseIND+5.9 22.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Andre MillerCLE+5.7 16.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Vince CarterTOR+5.5 30.8 last 10 · 25.3 season
Michael DickersonVAN+5.4 23.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Rodney RogersPHX+5.3 18.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−5.9 11.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.9 12.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.7 11.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.6 10.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.5 3.1 last 10 · 7.6 season