FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 11, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by POR (vs DET) and DAL (vs PHX).

Final
VAN86
ATL91
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
PHX99
DAL104
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +5
Final
POR99
DET94
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +5
Final
MIN100
HOU86
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +14
Final
DEN107
ORL110
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +3
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 11, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN @ UTA), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ DAL

Erick Strickland goes for 36 in Dallas win over Phoenix

Dallas won 104–99.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-1-4+5DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2526262299
DAL24262331104
Who led
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 9, 31, 10, 15, 12, 5, 36DAL36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 17, 15, 21, 22, 18, 31, 14, 22DAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 12, 15, 22, 27, 10, 19, 9, 29PHX29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 9, 21, 8, 13, 10, 15, 12, 19PHX19 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg18.9Last 3

18.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · POR @ DET

Portland handles Detroit by 5

The Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 35–26. Final: 99–94. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DEN3ATL over VAN5DAL over PHX5POR over DET5MIN over HOU14Final margin, points. Pink = POR over DET.
Top performances

Erick Strickland leads the day with 36

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.
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 9, 31, 10, 15, 12, 5, 36DAL vs PHX · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 22, 22, 13, 12, 23, 29, 19, 35DEN @ ORL · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
John AmaechiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 24, 7, 11, 6, 12, 13, 16, 31ORL vs DEN · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 30, 14, 37, 26, 24, 27, 27, 30DET vs POR · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 12, 15, 22, 27, 10, 19, 9, 29PHX @ DAL · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 9, 22, 9, 12, 7, 5, 6, 25DEN @ ORL · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 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+8.7 20.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.8 23.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Donyell MarshallGSW+5.7 19.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
David RobinsonSAS+5.4 22.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Keon ClarkDEN+4.8 13.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−8.5 11.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.8 22.7 last 10 · 29.5 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−5.2 16.6 last 10 · 21.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.2 18.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.9 10.4 last 10 · 15.3 season