FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 12, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 12 after three quarters and won 109–106.

Final
PHI77
BOS93
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +16
Final
LAC112
GSW103
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +9
Final
MIA105
IND96
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +9
Final
SAC106
LAL109
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -12; Q4 LAL +3
Final
CLE72
MIL103
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +31
Final
ORL91
NJN129
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +38
Final
SAS80
NYK93
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +13
Final
TOR99
SEA97
Q1 TOR +14; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
POR102
WAS86
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +16
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 12, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs BOS), 33 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 40 as Lakers beat Sacramento

Lakers won 109–106. Kobe Bryant: 40 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-9-7-12+3LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC31282720106
LAL22302235109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 31, 22, 27, 22, 15, 22, 30, 40LAL40 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 24, 23, 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39LAL39 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 36, 23, 29, 31, 22, 22, 25, 24SAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 6, 7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 8, 22SAC22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New Jersey by 38.

TOR over SEA2LAL over SAC3LAC over GSW9MIA over IND9NYK over SAS13BOS over PHI16POR over WAS16MIL over CLE31NJN over ORL38Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg33.3Today

33 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 31, 22, 27, 22, 15, 22, 30, 40LAL vs SAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 24, 23, 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39LAL vs SAC · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 20, 43, 9, 28, 21, 25, 28, 35MIA @ IND · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 51, 26, 28, 30, 28, 35, 23, 25, 34TOR @ SEA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 24, 23, 5, 13, 21, 41, 26, 30GSW vs LAC · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 11, 10, 20, 17, 17, 16, 10, 29LAC @ GSW · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 7 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+9.9 22.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Donyell MarshallGSW+6.8 20.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.8 23.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Keon ClarkDEN+4.8 13.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Andre MillerCLE+4.7 16.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−8.5 11.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.4 22.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.3 15.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Tim DuncanSAS−6.0 17.4 last 10 · 23.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.9 10.4 last 10 · 15.3 season