FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 6, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 109–90.

Final
LAL123
LAC103
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +20
Final
ATL78
MIL111
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +34; Q4 MIL +33
Final
MIA92
PHX100
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +8
Final
TOR109
POR90
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +19
Final
DAL109
SAC130
Q1 SAC +18; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +21
Final
NJN104
SAS106
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +2
Final
ORL87
WAS85
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +2
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 6, 1999: 5 games. Top scorer: Shawn Kemp (CLE vs GSW), 31 points.
The lead · TOR @ POR

Vince Carter scores 35 as Toronto wins in Portland

Final: 109–90. Vince Carter made 12 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-5+11+19TOR AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR18293428109
POR2428182090
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 33, 23, 51, 26, 28, 30, 28, 35TOR35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 22, 11, 5, 7, 21, 11, 6, 26TOR26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 12, 24, 16, 11, 17, 15, 16, 27POR27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 11, 19, 12, 17, 16, 11, 16POR16 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.9Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAL @ LAC

Lakers roll past Clippers, 123–103

The Clippers were held to 23 points in the fourth quarter. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 61 points, 23 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over NJN2ORL over WAS2PHX over MIA8TOR over POR19LAL over LAC20SAC over DAL21MIL over ATL33Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over LAC.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 61

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 19, 28, 24, 23, 25, 31, 17, 61LAL @ LAC · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +33.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high61 PTS · 23 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 33, 23, 51, 26, 28, 30, 28, 35TOR @ POR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 39, 33, 21, 21, 34, 20, 25, 35, 34NJN @ SAS · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 10, 13, 14, 28, 22, 15, 11, 28PHX vs MIA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 12, 24, 16, 11, 17, 15, 16, 27POR vs TOR · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 14, 26, 22, 16, 3, 8, 33, 27DAL @ SAC · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Wesley PersonCLE+5.7 15.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Rodney RogersPHX+5.3 18.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Vince CarterTOR+5.3 30.9 last 10 · 25.6 season
David RobinsonSAS+5.2 22.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Keon ClarkDEN+4.8 13.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−5.1 24.6 last 10 · 29.7 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.8 9.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Isaiah RiderATL−4.7 16.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.3 13.8 last 10 · 18.1 season