FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 26, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NJN by 9 after three quarters and won 112–110.

Final
CHI78
HOU123
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +26; Q3 HOU +49; Q4 HOU +45
Final
PHI111
IND101
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +25; Q4 PHI +10
Final
BOS84
MIL99
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +15
Final · OT
TOR101
MIN106
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +5
Final
DEN112
NJN110
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +2
Final
MIA69
ORL94
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +25
Final
GSW82
PHX90
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NYK93
POR89
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +4
Final
LAL90
SAC89
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +1
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 26, 1999: 13 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs MIL), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ NJN

Denver fights back late to top New Jersey

New Jersey led 86–77 after three. Denver won the fourth 35–24 and the game 112–110. Nick Van Exel led Denver with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+10+4-9+2DEN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN37231735112
NJN27293024110
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 17, 16, 10, 6, 8, 18, 12, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 6, 6, 21, 5, 2, 12, 9, 22DEN22 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 14, 13, 27, 14, 17, 17, 17, 20NJN20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 6, 26, 4, 5, 14, 5, 2, 20NJN20 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 64 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Chicago by 45.

LAL over SAC1DEN over NJN2NYK over POR4MIN over TOR5PHX over GSW8PHI over IND10MIL over BOS15ORL over MIA25HOU over CHI45Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 38

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 34, 23, 30, 37, 23, 26, 18, 38TOR @ MIN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 17, 17, 17, 17, 29, 40, 38, 34MIN vs TOR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 40, 40, 35, 43, 28, 22, 40, 34LAL @ SAC · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 9, 26, 6, 16, 13, 11, 25, 33PHX vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 21, 28, 24, 18, 25, 44, 21, 33PHI @ IND · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 21, 25, 12, 22, 16, 29, 28SAC vs LAL · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 8 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+8.8 22.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.9 35.0 last 10 · 29.1 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.2 12.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jalen RoseIND+5.1 22.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+4.8 22.0 last 10 · 17.2 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−5.7 15.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Bimbo ColesATL−4.8 3.5 last 10 · 8.3 season