FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 18, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 104–83.

Final · OT
MIA92
CLE90
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
BOS104
DAL99
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CHH99
IND113
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAC104
LAC83
Q1 SAC -16; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +21
Final · OT
MIL90
NJN92
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
DEN82
SAS102
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +20
Final
POR97
SEA96
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +1
Final
CHI88
WAS101
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +13
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 18, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Sacramento storms back from 16 down to beat Clippers

The Kings trailed by 16 after one and won 104–83. Vlade Divac led Sacramento with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-40+21SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC8332736104
LAC2421231583
Who led
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 5, 19, 27, 12, 15, 12, 12, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 8, 22, 22, 17, 20SAC20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 12, 21, 21, 24, 20, 6, 11, 25LAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 17, 16, 10, 29, 25, 21, 10, 18LAC18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
30.21998–99 avg11.4Last 3

11.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg32.7Today

33 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

POR over SEA1MIA over CLE2NJN over MIL2BOS over DAL5WAS over CHI13IND over CHH14SAS over DEN20SAC over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 29

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 18, 30, 9, 25, 30, 25, 30, 29BOS @ DAL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 29, 17, 9, 23, 21, 28, 13, 29MIA @ CLE · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 14, 26, 34, 17, 31, 15, 14, 28CHH @ IND · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 22, 18, 31, 14, 22, 16, 22, 28DAL vs BOS · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 25, 23, 24, 23, 15, 14, 13, 27NJN vs MIL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 12, 21, 21, 24, 20, 6, 11, 25LAC vs SAC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Tim ThomasMIL+6.1 17.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Keon ClarkDEN+5.3 14.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.2 34.0 last 10 · 28.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Tim DuncanSAS−7.7 15.3 last 10 · 23.0 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.9 14.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−5.1 2.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.9 24.3 last 10 · 29.2 season