FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 7, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 90–89.

Final
ATL82
CHI89
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
CHH102
GSW99
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +3
Final
PHX108
HOU101
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DEN89
IND90
Q1 IND -14; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +1
Final
WAS90
MIN86
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS -8; Q4 WAS +4
Final
VAN86
NYK111
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +25
Final
DAL86
SEA101
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +15
Final
CLE95
UTA113
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +18
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 7, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ DEN), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ IND

Indiana fights back from 14 down against Denver

Final: 90–89, after trailing by 14 after one. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-14-2-1+1IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3217231789
IND1829241990
Who led
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 23, 22, 29, 20, 19, 13, 13, 19IND19 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 4, 7, 10, 8, 20, 4, 10, 13IND13 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 29, 12, 9, 22, 22, 13, 12, 23DEN23 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 10, 3, 2, 4, 3, 18, 16, 17DEN17 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg6.2Last 3

6.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 25.

IND over DEN1CHH over GSW3WAS over MIN4CHI over ATL7PHX over HOU7SEA over DAL15UTA over CLE18NYK over VAN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Derrick Coleman leads the day with 34

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.
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 17, 16, 32, 19, 24, 14, 26, 34CHH @ GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 17, 21, 11, 7, 24, 0, 8, 32SEA vs DAL · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 19, 24, 0, 6, 8, 17, 15, 32HOU vs PHX · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 38, 10, 28, 26, 30, 13, 24, 31CHI vs ATL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 14, 12, 17, 15, 21, 22, 18, 31DAL @ SEA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 18, 19, 23, 35, 31, 19, 30, 30UTA vs CLE · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Larry HughesGSW+5.3 16.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Vince CarterTOR+5.3 30.9 last 10 · 25.6 season
David RobinsonSAS+5.2 22.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.2 14.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.9 15.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−5.1 24.6 last 10 · 29.7 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Isaiah RiderATL−4.4 16.1 last 10 · 20.5 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.2 3.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.1 10.5 last 10 · 14.6 season