FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 28, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CLE by 13 after three quarters and won 99–96.

Final
DEN111
ATL116
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
TOR99
CLE96
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -13; Q4 TOR +3
Final
GSW86
HOU121
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +25; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +35
Final
DAL112
LAC102
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +10
Final
PHX78
MIA81
Q1 MIA +18; Q2 MIA +26; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +3
Final
PHI102
MIN100
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +2
Final
IND106
NJN111
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +5
Final
BOS87
ORL122
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +27; Q4 ORL +35
Final
SAS89
POR85
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +4
Final
NYK95
SAC103
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +8
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 28, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs NYK), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ CLE

Toronto rallies from 13 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 13 after three, Toronto outscored the Cavaliers 33–17 the rest of the way. Final: 99–96. Vince Carter led Toronto with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-2-11-13+3TOR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2218263399
CLE2427281796
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 23, 30, 37, 23, 26, 18, 38, 19TOR19 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 20, 11, 16, 22, 20, 16, 21, 18TOR18 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 16, 2, 14, 17, 16, 8, 14, 30CLE30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 12, 13, 22, 17, 15, 22, 8, 20CLE20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Golden State by 35, the widest margin of 10 games.

PHI over MIN2TOR over CLE3MIA over PHX3SAS over POR4ATL over DEN5NJN over IND5SAC over NYK8DAL over LAC10HOU over GSW35ORL over BOS35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.4Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 43

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: 30, 21, 28, 24, 18, 25, 44, 21, 33, 43PHI @ MIN · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 21, 10, 13, 26, 30, 17, 30, 36SAS @ POR · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 6, 27, 20, 17, 11, 27, 19, 33NYK @ SAC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 17, 17, 29, 40, 38, 34, 31MIN vs PHI · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 13, 27, 14, 17, 17, 17, 20, 30NJN vs IND · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 16, 2, 14, 17, 16, 8, 14, 30CLE vs TOR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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+8.3 21.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+6.6 14.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jalen RoseIND+6.4 24.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.9 35.0 last 10 · 29.1 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+5.8 15.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−5.8 11.2 last 10 · 17.0 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−5.7 15.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Kenny AndersonBOS−4.9 8.8 last 10 · 13.7 season