FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 19, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed VAN by 13 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final
DAL89
ATL85
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +4
Final
PHX99
GSW82
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +17
Final
MIL82
MIN109
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +35; Q4 MIN +27
Final
UTA92
NJN88
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +4
Final
LAL92
NYK85
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +7
Final
ORL85
PHI89
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +4
Final
HOU98
TOR100
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +2
Final
DET101
VAN99
Q1 DET -13; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +2
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 19, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs LAL), 41 points.
The lead · DET @ VAN

Grant Hill scores 31, Detroit rallies past Vancouver

Detroit trailed by 13 after one and won 101–99.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-13-4+3+2DET AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET23302622101
VAN3621192399
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 24, 27, 27, 30, 14, 24, 12, 31DET31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 26, 40, 27, 22, 36, 32, 18, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12, 24, 14, 24VAN24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 18, 17, 16, 14, 17, 22, 14, 22VAN22 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Milwaukee by 27, the widest margin of 8 games.

TOR over HOU2DET over VAN2DAL over ATL4UTA over NJN4PHI over ORL4LAL over NYK7PHX over GSW17MIN over MIL27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 43

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: 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39, 40, 40, 35, 43LAL @ NYK · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 28, 35, 23, 25, 34, 23, 30, 37TOR vs HOU · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31, 21, 31, 32UTA @ NJN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 18, 31, 14, 22, 16, 22, 28, 31DAL @ ATL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 24, 27, 27, 30, 14, 24, 12, 31DET @ VAN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 20, 6, 17, 24, 18, 25, 28MIN vs MIL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 13 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 23.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+7.0 36.0 last 10 · 29.0 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+6.1 17.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Keon ClarkDEN+5.3 14.0 last 10 · 8.7 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−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.6 11.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.4 23.6 last 10 · 29.0 season