FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 4, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–99.

Final
SEA93
ATL81
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +12
Final
PHI95
CHI84
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +11
Final · OT
NJN92
HOU99
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +7
Final
CLE109
LAC99
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +10
Final
MIN91
MIL84
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +7
Final
DAL96
PHX110
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +14
Final · OT
SAC108
SAS103
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +5
Final
DET94
WAS100
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +6
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 · 1998–99Mar 4, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ CLE), 28 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAC

Cleveland climbs out of a 9-point hole against Clippers

Down 9 after one, the Cavaliers won the second quarter 32–28 and the game 109–99. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-9-5+4+10CLE AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE20322730109
LAC2928182499
Who led
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 10, 17, 26, 23, 10, 15, 25, 22CLE22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 24, 11, 25, 17, 28, 18, 14, 18CLE18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 16, 19, 14, 20, 11, 10, 20, 17LAC17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tyrone NesbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 8, 7, 10, 2, 19, 14, 12, 14LAC14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Phoenix by 14.

SAC over SAS5WAS over DET6HOU over NJN7MIN over MIL7CLE over LAC10PHI over CHI11SEA over ATL12PHX over DAL14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 56 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.2Season avg25.1Last 3

25.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg27.8Today

28 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury 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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 39, 33, 21, 21, 34, 20, 25, 35NJN @ HOU · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 23, 14, 26, 22, 16, 3, 8, 33DAL @ PHX · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 12, 33, 25, 28, 36, 23, 29, 31SAC @ SAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 22, 17, 16, 13, 28, 16, 9, 29PHX vs DAL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 28, 19, 16, 22, 25, 26, 35, 5, 29PHI @ CHI · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 41, 13, 27, 17, 21, 32, 29, 20, 28SEA @ ATL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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
Rodney RogersPHX+7.7 21.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Arvydas SabonisPOR+5.5 16.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Lamond MurrayCLE+5.3 21.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.9 21.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−5.1 15.7 last 10 · 20.8 season
Jason KiddPHX−5.1 9.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.1 24.6 last 10 · 29.7 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.4 3.1 last 10 · 7.5 season