FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 13, 2000Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHI by 7 at halftime and won 87–79.

Final
UTA87
CHI79
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +8
Final
LAL118
DEN108
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +10
Final
BOS115
DET124
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +25; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +9
Final
SEA113
VAN103
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +10
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 13, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs DEN), 27 points.
The lead · UTA @ CHI

Karl Malone scores 31 as Utah wins in Chicago

Final: 87–79. Karl Malone made 12 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final00-7+5+8UTA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2615232387
CHI2622112079
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 35, 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31UTA31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 7, 11, 22, 8, 8, 17, 17, 19UTA19 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 26, 30, 13, 24, 31, 11, 16, 26CHI26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chris CarrPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 13, 11, 4, 17, 10, 13, 2, 14CHI14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ DET

Detroit leads Boston wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 124–115. Best quarter: the second, 40–24. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over CHI8DET over BOS9LAL over DEN10SEA over VAN10Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.3Season avg37.2Last 5

37.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg17.1Last 3

17.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 23, 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39, 40LAL @ DEN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 29, 20, 28, 34, 19, 27, 22, 40SEA @ VAN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 21, 22, 11, 19, 20, 15, 29, 38BOS @ DET · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 27, 32, 17, 26, 40, 27, 22, 36DET vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 9, 15, 0, 9, 2, 3, 7, 31VAN vs SEA · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 35, 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31UTA @ CHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 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
Keon ClarkDEN+6.0 14.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.8 23.0 last 10 · 17.2 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
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 2.4 last 10 · 7.1 season