FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 13, 2000Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHI by 7 at halftime and won 87–79.

Final · Box score
Jazz87
Bulls79
Q1 Jazz 0; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +8
Final · Box score
Lakers118
Nuggets108
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +10
Final · Box score
Celtics115
Pistons124
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +25; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
Sonics113
Grizzlies103
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +10
On this day · 1998–99Mar 13, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (Spurs-Nuggets), 27 points.
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The lead · Jazz-Bulls

Karl Malone scores 31 as Utah wins in Chicago

Gary Payton goes for 40 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-7+5+8UTA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2615232387
Bulls2622112079
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 35, 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31UTA31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 7, 11, 22, 8, 8, 17, 17, 19UTA19 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 26, 30, 13, 24, 31, 11, 16, 26CHI26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chris CarrPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 13, 11, 4, 17, 10, 13, 2, 14CHI14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Celtics-Pistons

Detroit leads Boston wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 124–115. Best quarter: the second, 40–24. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over CHI8DET over BOS9LAL over DEN10SEA over VAN10Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
The night in charts
Celtics-Pistons combined for 239, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 115, Pistons 124
239
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 118, Nuggets 108
226
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 113, Grizzlies 103
216
Jazz-BullsJazz 87, Bulls 79
166
UTA won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Jazz-BullsJazz 87, Bulls 79
+8 UTA
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 115, Pistons 124
+9 DET
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 118, Nuggets 108
+10 LAL
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 113, Grizzlies 103
+10 SEA
Reeves shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ReevesVAN · 31 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST
81% (13-16)
PierceBOS · 38 PTS, 7 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
73% (11-15)
ShaqLAL · 40 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK
70% (14-20)
Lindsey HunterDET · 25 PTS, 8 AST, 4 STL, 2 REB
58% (7-12)
BrandCHI · 26 PTS, 12 REB, 4 BLK, 2 AST
56% (9-16)
Final · Jazz-Bulls
Jazz 87Bulls 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2615232387
Bulls2622112079
The story
John Stockton had 19 points and 9 assists as Utah beat Chicago 87-79

Hersey Hawkins led Chicago with 12 PTS, 3 AST 19 PTS, 9 AST, 6 STL · 5-11 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Jazz took the third 23-11.

UTA lead by quarter
200 0−7+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Grizzlies
Sonics 113Grizzlies 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics29313221113
Grizzlies28302223103
The story
Horace Grant's 13 points and 11 rebounds carried Seattle past Vancouver, 113-103

For Vancouver, Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 13 PTS, 11 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 6-14 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 32-22, was where the SuperSonics built it.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +1+2+12+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Nuggets
Lakers 118Nuggets 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers25342930118
Nuggets23273226108
The story
Los Angeles beat Denver 118-108 behind 22 points from Kobe Bryant

Chris Gatling paced Denver: 25 PTS, 10 REB 22 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 8-20 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 34-27 second quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +2+9+6+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.3Season avg37.2Last 5

37.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg17.1Last 3

17.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 40

Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 23, 25, 31, 17, 61, 29, 39, 40Lakers-Nuggets · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 29, 20, 28, 34, 19, 27, 22, 40Sonics-Grizzlies · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 21, 22, 11, 19, 20, 15, 29, 38Celtics-Pistons · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 27, 32, 17, 26, 40, 27, 22, 36Pistons-Celtics · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 9, 15, 0, 9, 2, 3, 7, 31Grizzlies-Sonics · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 35, 31, 19, 30, 30, 16, 29, 31Jazz-Bulls · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Larry HughesGSW+9.9 22.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Donyell MarshallGSW+6.8 20.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Keon ClarkDEN+6.0 14.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.8 23.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Andre MillerCLE+4.7 16.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−8.5 11.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−6.4 22.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−6.3 15.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Tim DuncanSAS−6.0 17.4 last 10 · 23.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 2.4 last 10 · 7.1 season