FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 21, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAS by 17 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
MIA77
ATL82
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SAS96
DAL97
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -17; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL +1
Final
NYK91
IND95
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +4
Final · OT
CLE107
MIN111
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +4
Final
WAS86
SAC98
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +12
Final
DET100
SEA90
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +10
Final
NJN100
TOR93
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +7
Final
DEN83
UTA96
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +13
Final
GSW82
VAN98
Q1 VAN +10; Q2 VAN +22; Q3 VAN +29; Q4 VAN +16
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 21, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ ORL), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ DAL

Dallas erases 17-point lead, steals one from San Antonio

San Antonio led 60–43 at halftime. Dallas won the second half 54–36 to take it 97–96. Michael Finley led Dallas with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-17-5+1DAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2535102696
DAL2122223297
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 31, 14, 22, 16, 22, 28, 31, 24DAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 12, 5, 36, 11, 26, 9, 5, 14DAL14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 25, 12, 21, 22, 26, 20, 13, 30SAS30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 17, 13, 23, 15, 21, 10, 13, 26SAS26 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg34.6Today

35 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · WAS @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 9 after one. Sacramento won it 98–86. Vlade Divac led Sacramento with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs WAS
Vlade Divac · SACMitch Richmond · WASPTS2426REB123AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 33

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 27, 27, 30, 14, 24, 12, 31, 33DET @ SEA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 25, 12, 21, 22, 26, 20, 13, 30SAS @ DAL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 26, 22, 17, 17, 17, 17, 29MIN vs CLE · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 13, 19, 21, 18, 32, 35, 22, 28IND vs NYK · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31, 21, 31, 32, 28UTA vs DEN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 17, 13, 23, 15, 21, 10, 13, 26SAS @ DAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 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+11.0 23.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+7.3 36.3 last 10 · 29.0 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.9 17.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
John AmaechiORL+4.6 14.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.5 17.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.4 23.5 last 10 · 28.9 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.4 11.8 last 10 · 17.2 season