FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 24, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SEA by 8 after three quarters and won 98–95.

Final
DEN68
CHI70
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +2
Final
POR96
GSW83
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +13
Final
PHX101
LAL109
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +8
Final
MIA99
MIL87
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +12
Final · OT
MIN116
NJN115
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
ATL83
NYK95
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +12
Final
HOU96
ORL112
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +16
Final · 2OT
BOS115
PHI117
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI 0; OT2 PHI +2
Final
DET103
SAC113
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +10
Final
UTA98
SEA95
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -8; Q4 UTA +3
Final
CHH102
TOR84
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +16; Q4 CHH +18
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 24, 1999: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ VAN), 34 points.
The lead · UTA @ SEA

Utah climbs out of an 8-point hole against Seattle

Down 8 after three, the Jazz won the fourth quarter 33–22 and the game 98–95. Karl Malone led Utah with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-3-8+3UTA AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2616233398
SEA2025282295
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 16, 29, 31, 21, 31, 32, 28, 21UTA21 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 16, 22, 9, 19, 13, 15, 16, 18UTA18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 19, 27, 22, 40, 30, 24, 22, 28SEA28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 16, 20, 6, 9, 21, 13, 18, 25SEA25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 68 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 59 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Charlotte by 18.

MIN over NJN1CHI over DEN2PHI over BOS2UTA over SEA3LAL over PHX8SAC over DET10MIA over MIL12NYK over ATL12POR over GSW13ORL over HOU16CHH over TOR18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 40

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: 61, 29, 39, 40, 40, 35, 43, 28, 22, 40LAL vs PHX · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 22, 17, 17, 17, 17, 29, 40, 38MIN @ NJN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 16, 18, 26, 28, 10, 10, 26, 36MIL vs MIA · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 30, 14, 24, 12, 31, 33, 24, 35DET @ SAC · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 5, 17, 7, 22, 25, 0, 8, 35HOU @ ORL · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 29, 38, 19, 16, 15, 27, 25, 31BOS @ PHI · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 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+11.4 24.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+8.6 37.7 last 10 · 29.1 season
Keon ClarkDEN+4.9 13.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jalen RoseIND+4.5 22.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Robert PackDAL−6.1 3.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−5.8 15.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.8 11.2 last 10 · 17.0 season
Toni KukocPHI−4.6 10.4 last 10 · 15.0 season