FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 23, 2000Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CLE104
DAL98
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +6
Final
WAS100
DEN86
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +14
Final
LAC95
HOU110
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +15
Final
MIL105
IND84
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +21
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 23, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Tim Hardaway (MIA @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · CLE @ DAL

Cleveland beats Dallas, 104–98

Cleveland led 74–63 after three and won by 6. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+23+11+6CLE AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE22341830104
DAL1419303598
Who led
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 11, 11, 12, 13, 22, 17, 15, 22CLE22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Cedric HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 12, 16, 8, 11, 4, 6, 2, 15CLE15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 14, 22, 16, 22, 28, 31, 24, 29DAL29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 15, 15, 28, 19, 21, 16, 13, 17DAL17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg34.6Today

35 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · WAS @ DEN

Washington leads Denver wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 100–86. Best quarter: the second, 30–21. Juwan Howard led Washington with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DAL6WAS over DEN14HOU over LAC15MIL over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over DEN.
Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 34

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 14, 19, 32, 22, 12, 16, 17, 34HOU vs LAC · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 14, 8, 18, 22, 22, 20, 17, 30MIL @ IND · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 14, 11, 8, 20, 25, 8, 11, 30HOU vs LAC · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 14, 22, 16, 22, 28, 31, 24, 29DAL vs CLE · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 29, 25, 21, 10, 18, 14, 28LAC @ HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 28, 16, 18, 26, 28, 10, 10, 26MIL @ IND · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.0 16.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
John AmaechiORL+4.9 15.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Robert PackDAL−6.1 3.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.8 11.2 last 10 · 17.0 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−5.6 15.7 last 10 · 21.3 season
Toni KukocPHI−5.4 9.5 last 10 · 14.9 season