FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 14, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 13 at halftime and won 108–104.

Final · OT
PHI98
CLE97
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +1
Final
IND90
DAL111
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +21
Final
DEN106
LAC110
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -10; Q4 LAC +4
Final
MIL104
MIA108
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -13; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +4
Final
HOU85
NYK91
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
WAS98
ORL107
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +9
Final
MIN100
PHX107
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +7
Final
SAC91
POR96
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
Final
ATL79
SAS94
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +15
Final
GSW78
TOR85
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +7
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 14, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ SAC), 33 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Miami climbs back to beat Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 13 at the half. Miami won it 108–104. Jamal Mashburn led Miami with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-9-13+1+4MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL32351225104
MIA23312628108
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 24, 7, 29, 17, 9, 23, 21, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 43, 9, 28, 21, 25, 28, 35, 22MIA22 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 26, 25, 28, 13, 28, 16, 18, 26MIL26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 22, 8, 14, 21, 14, 8, 18, 22MIL22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg12.6Last 3

12.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.5Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Indiana by 21.

PHI over CLE1LAC over DEN4MIA over MIL4POR over SAC5NYK over HOU6PHX over MIN7TOR over GSW7ORL over WAS9SAS over ATL15DAL over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 32

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 0, 6, 8, 17, 15, 32, 14, 19, 32HOU @ NYK · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 13, 12, 23, 29, 19, 35, 16, 31DEN @ LAC · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 8, 2, 4, 4, 4, 11, 20, 31LAC vs DEN · W
7.4 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 10, 21, 11, 25, 22, 15, 15, 28DAL vs IND · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 24, 7, 29, 17, 9, 23, 21, 28MIA vs MIL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 26, 35, 5, 29, 20, 30, 21, 28PHI @ CLE · W
29.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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+10.8 23.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Keon ClarkDEN+6.8 15.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.8 23.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
David RobinsonSAS+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Andre MillerCLE+5.1 16.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−10.6 9.0 last 10 · 19.6 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.9 17.4 last 10 · 23.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−5.8 15.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Bob SuraCLE−5.2 9.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.2 24.1 last 10 · 29.3 season