FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 22, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed POR by 13 at halftime and won 104–95.

Final
MIN109
BOS106
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +3
Final
NJN103
CHH119
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +16
Final
GSW96
LAL119
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +23
Final
CHI67
NYK78
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +11
Final
ATL90
ORL103
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +13
Final
TOR93
PHI106
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +13
Final
SAC93
PHX114
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +21
Final
DET104
POR95
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -13; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +9
Final
LAC78
SAS103
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +25
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 22, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Mitch Richmond (WAS @ IND), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ POR

Detroit turns it around against Portland

From 13 down at the half to a 9-point win: 104–95. Grant Hill led Detroit with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

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 Q3Final0-9-13-5+9DET AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET24242828104
POR3328201495
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 27, 30, 14, 24, 12, 31, 33, 24DET24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 26, 40, 27, 22, 36, 32, 18, 23, 21, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 19, 24, 24, 11, 19, 19, 24, 20POR20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 11, 4, 10, 10, 3, 19, 8, 20POR20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 67 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg5.9Last 3

5.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MIN @ BOS

Minnesota takes over late to edge Boston

Down 5 after three, Minnesota won the fourth 29–21. Final: 109–106. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over BOS3DET over POR9NYK over CHI11ORL over ATL13PHI over TOR13CHH over NJN16PHX over SAC21LAL over GSW23SAS over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over BOS.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 44

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 29, 20, 30, 21, 28, 24, 18, 25, 44PHI vs TOR · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 26, 22, 17, 17, 17, 17, 29, 40MIN @ BOS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 13, 23, 15, 21, 10, 13, 26, 30SAS vs LAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 23, 15, 17, 14, 6, 16, 20, 27ORL vs ATL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 19, 14, 21, 18, 9, 14, 28, 26CHH vs NJN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 19, 9, 29, 24, 27, 25, 22, 26PHX vs SAC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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+12.1 25.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+6.5 35.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
John AmaechiORL+4.9 15.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.4 11.8 last 10 · 17.2 season
Toni KukocPHI−5.4 9.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.8 24.4 last 10 · 29.2 season