FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 9, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by POR (vs SAC) and MIL (vs NYK).

Final · Box score
BOS87
CHH105
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +18
Final · Box score
NJN87
CHI103
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +16
Final · Box score
PHX103
DAL91
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +12
Final · Box score
VAN82
GSW92
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +10
Final · Box score
DEN75
HOU84
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final · Box score
LAL103
LAC99
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +4
Final · Box score
SEA84
MIN85
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +1
Final · Box score
MIL87
NYK86
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +1
Final · Box score
SAC98
POR103
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
CLE75
UTA88
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +13
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 · 1997–98Mar 9, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Eddie Johnson (HOU @ UTA), 37 points.
The lead · MIL @ NYK

Milwaukee climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 8 after one. Milwaukee won it 87–86. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-8-2-3+1MIL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1627212387
NYK2421221986
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 24, 19, 14, 18, 19, 19, 10, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 14, 6, 10, 18, 6, 16, 14, 17MIL17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 22, 3, 12, 16, 19, 12, 12, 19NYK19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 5 games: 24, 5, 18, 5, 17NYK17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Charlotte by 18.

MIN over SEA1MIL over NYK1LAL over LAC4POR over SAC5HOU over DEN9GSW over VAN10PHX over DAL12UTA over CLE13CHI over NJN16CHH over BOS18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 35

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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 20, 18, 29, 17, 22, 26, 19, 35VAN @ GSW · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 17, 24, 28, 21, 17, 21, 29, 32BOS @ CHH · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 19, 19, 22, 25, 27, 31, 23, 31LAL @ LAC · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 19, 16, 16, 18, 7, 16, 17, 28CHI vs NJN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 24, 19, 14, 18, 19, 19, 10, 27MIL @ NYK · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
J.R. ReidPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 16, 22, 4, 20, 2, 17, 20, 26CHH vs BOS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST