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Wednesday, March 29, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed WAS by 9 at halftime and won 101–93.

Final
CLE86
CHI81
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +5
Final
CHH98
DET91
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH -4; Q3 CHH -2; Q4 CHH +7
Final
NYK110
SEA95
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final
PHI84
UTA98
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +14
Final
LAL108
VAN99
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +9
Final
DEN101
WAS93
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +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 29, 1999: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs VAN), 26 points.
The lead · DEN @ WAS

Denver climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 9 at the half. Denver won it 101–93. Nick Van Exel led Denver with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9+9+8DEN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23153528101
WAS2720172993
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 6, 8, 18, 12, 28, 24, 26DEN26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 16, 14, 12, 0, 1, 21, 13, 25DEN25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 16, 32, 11, 21, 26, 22, 20, 22WAS22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 8, 14, 12, 20, 21, 22, 4, 17WAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: New York by 15.

CLE over CHI5CHH over DET7DEN over WAS8LAL over VAN9UTA over PHI14NYK over SEA15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 55 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Dickerson leads the day with 32

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.
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 12, 12, 24, 14, 24, 25, 6, 32VAN vs LAL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 14, 17, 22, 14, 22, 13, 15, 30VAN vs LAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 21, 31, 32, 28, 21, 25, 26, 30UTA vs PHI · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 22, 7, 25, 24, 23, 18, 28, 24, 28LAL @ VAN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 12, 26, 24, 18, 22, 26, 24, 27CHI vs CLE · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 6, 8, 18, 12, 28, 24, 26DEN @ WAS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 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+8.3 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
Walt WilliamsHOU+5.8 15.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.0 34.0 last 10 · 29.0 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