FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 13, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 12 after three quarters and won 106–96.

Final · Box score
Raptors75
Hawks86
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +11
Final · Box score
Grizzlies74
Mavs91
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +17
Final · Box score
Magic87
Warriors74
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 Magic 0; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +13
Final · Box score
Cavs89
Rockets100
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final · OT · Box score
Blazers106
Clippers96
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -12; Q4 Blazers 0; OT1 POR +10
Final · Box score
Nuggets61
Spurs92
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +31
Final · Box score
Wolves72
Jazz99
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +27
On this day · 1997–98Mar 13, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Hawks), 34 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Clippers

Portland flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Kevin Garnett goes for 22 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-3-120+10POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Blazers1830162715106
Clippers27242515596
Who led
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 13, 20, 14, 10, 14, 19, 8, 25POR25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 10, 4, 10, 14, 21, 6, 2, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 12, 4, 11, 10, 7, 21, 15, 18LAC18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 18, 14, 10, 24, 15, 13, 15LAC15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Magic-Warriors

Orlando tops Golden State in Golden State

Final: 87–74. Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over LAC10ATL over TOR11HOU over CLE11ORL over GSW13DAL over VAN17UTA over MIN27SAS over DEN31Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over GSW.
The night in charts
Blazers-Clippers combined for 202, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 106, Clippers 96
202
Cavs-RocketsCavs 89, Rockets 100
189
Wolves-JazzWolves 72, Jazz 99
171
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 74, Mavs 91
165
Magic-WarriorsMagic 87, Warriors 74
161
Raptors-HawksRaptors 75, Hawks 86
161
Nuggets-SpursNuggets 61, Spurs 92
153
POR won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 106, Clippers 96
+10 POR
Raptors-HawksRaptors 75, Hawks 86
+11 ATL
Cavs-RocketsCavs 89, Rockets 100
+11 HOU
Magic-WarriorsMagic 87, Warriors 74
+13 ORL
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 74, Mavs 91
+17 DAL
Wolves-JazzWolves 72, Jazz 99
+27 UTA
Nuggets-SpursNuggets 61, Spurs 92
+31 SAS
POR erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-ClippersPOR won · Blazers 106, Clippers 96
12 pts
Magic-WarriorsORL won · Magic 87, Warriors 74
2 pts
Felipe Lopez shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Felipe LopezVAN · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
HendersonATL · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
Jim JacksonPOR · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
HakeemHOU · 24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK
58% (11-19)
KempCLE · 25 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
56% (10-18)
Final · Blazers-Clippers
Blazers 106Clippers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers1830162715106
Clippers27242515596
The story
Brian Grant had 25 points and 14 rebounds as Portland beat Los Angeles 106-96 in OT

Darrick Martin led Los Angeles with 14 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 25 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST · 6-12 FG

The swing

Down 12 after the third, the Trail Blazers took the fourth 27-15.

POR lead by quarter
200 −9−3−120+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Cavs-Rockets
Cavs 89Rockets 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1422312289
Rockets27272026100
The story
Houston beat Cleveland 100-89 behind 24 points from Hakeem Olajuwon

Shawn Kemp paced Cleveland: 25 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK · 11-19 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 27-14 first quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +13+18+7+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Jazz
Wolves 72Jazz 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1915251372
Jazz2817282699
The story
Karl Malone's 26 points carried Utah past Minnesota, 99-72

Bryon Russell chipped in 12 PTS, 3 REB 26 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 10-22 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 26-13, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
300 +9+11+14+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 27

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 21, 23, 26, 27, 34, 15, 26, 27Spurs-Nuggets · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 20, 16, 30, 34, 21, 28, 21, 26Jazz-Wolves · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 13, 20, 14, 10, 14, 19, 8, 25Blazers-Clippers · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 19, 22, 15, 31, 16, 18, 25Cavs-Rockets · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 12, 17, 8, 16, 20, 31, 24Rockets-Cavs · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 12, 16, 13, 18, 19, 6, 18, 24Hawks-Raptors · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Gary TrentDAL+3.0 15.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cory AlexanderDEN+3.0 11.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Vlade DivacSAC+2.9 15.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.9 23.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dickey SimpkinsCHI+2.6 9.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Grant HillDET−3.9 18.1 last 10 · 22.1 season
Walt WilliamsPOR−3.4 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Shandon AndersonUTA−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Othella HarringtonHOU−2.7 8.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Joe SmithMIN−2.6 10.7 last 10 · 13.3 season