FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 17, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 95–92.

Final
BOS114
ATL90
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +24
Final
NYK118
CHH99
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +19
Final · 2OT
GSW95
CHI92
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW 0; OT2 GSW +3
Final
LAC87
DEN114
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +27
Final
LAL110
DET82
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +28
Final
HOU102
IND111
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +9
Final
UTA97
PHI99
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +2
Final
ORL91
TOR95
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +4
Final
PHX101
VAN86
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +15
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 17, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs IND), 39 points.
The lead · GSW @ CHI

Golden State needs two overtimes to survive Chicago

Tied 75–75 after regulation. Golden State won the final period 13–10 for a 95–92 win. Mookie Blaylock led Golden State with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-50+800+3GSW AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
GSW1721241371395
CHI2216162171092
Who led
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 6, 9, 8, 8, 9, 8, 5, 23GSW23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 27, 19, 16, 27, 22, 12, 14, 21GSW21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 13, 24, 31, 11, 16, 26, 12, 26CHI26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fred HoibergPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 7, 20, 14, 8, 12, 7, 0, 18CHI18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg7.1Last 3

7.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg45.8Today

46 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 28.

PHI over UTA2GSW over CHI3TOR over ORL4IND over HOU9PHX over VAN15NYK over CHH19BOS over ATL24DEN over LAC27LAL over DET28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 35

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: 23, 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39, 40, 40, 35LAL @ DET · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 19, 13, 13, 19, 21, 18, 32, 35IND vs HOU · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31, 21, 31UTA @ PHI · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 11, 18, 30, 9, 25, 30, 25, 30BOS @ ATL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 28, 35, 23, 25, 34, 23, 30TOR vs ORL · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 27, 10, 19, 9, 29, 24, 27PHX @ VAN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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+10.2 23.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Keon ClarkDEN+7.1 16.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.4 22.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.2 34.0 last 10 · 28.8 season
Erick StricklandDAL+5.1 17.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS−6.6 16.5 last 10 · 23.1 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.2 15.3 last 10 · 21.5 season
Bob SuraCLE−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−5.1 10.1 last 10 · 15.2 season