FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 19, 2001Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed PHI by 3 after the first quarter and won 93–89.

Final · Box score
Lakers106
Hawks108
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +2
Final · Box score
Blazers85
Spurs98
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Sixers89
Sonics93
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +4
On this day · 1999–00Mar 19, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers-Knicks), 43 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Sonics

Seattle makes it six straight

Tim Duncan goes for 23 rebounds

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+3+4SEA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2226182389
Sonics1926242493
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 44, 28, 10, 19, 24, 31, 22, 24, 19, 29SEA29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 16, 24, 17, 6, 9, 2, 5, 18SEA18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 7, 12, 1, 9, 14, 17, 23, 21PHI21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 15, 7, 12, 19, 6, 4, 14, 14PHI14 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Lakers-Hawks

Atlanta leads Lakers wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 108–106. Best quarter: the first, 33–32. Jason Terry led Atlanta with 36 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over LAL2SEA over PHI4SAS over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over LAL.
The night in charts
Lakers-Hawks combined for 214, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-HawksLakers 106, Hawks 108
214
Blazers-SpursBlazers 85, Spurs 98
183
Sixers-SonicsSixers 89, Sonics 93
182
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-HawksLakers 106, Hawks 108
+2 ATL
Sixers-SonicsSixers 89, Sonics 93
+4 SEA
Blazers-SpursBlazers 85, Spurs 98
+13 SAS
Steven Smith shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Steven SmithPOR · 23 PTS, 2 REB
73% (8-11)
Derek AndersonSAS · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
McKiePHI · 21 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
53% (8-15)
BakerSEA · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
53% (8-15)
TerryATL · 36 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB
52% (13-25)
Final · Lakers-Hawks
Lakers 106Hawks 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers32203024106
Hawks33222924108
The story
Toni Kukoc had 26 points as Atlanta beat Los Angeles 108-106

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 27 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL · 9-18 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

The Hawks won the second 22-20, their biggest quarter edge.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +1+3+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shaquille O'Neal led the game in fantasy with 58.1 FPTS (27 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST)

Final · Sixers-Sonics
Sixers 89Sonics 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2226182389
Sonics1926242493
The story
Gary Payton's 29 points and 8 assists carried Seattle past Philadelphia, 93-89

For Philadelphia, Eric Snow had 14 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 29 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 11-23 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The SuperSonics trailed by 3 going into the third, then won it 24-18.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −3−3+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Spurs
Blazers 85Spurs 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1824232085
Spurs2925242098
The story
San Antonio beat Portland 98-85 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Derek Anderson

Rasheed Wallace paced Portland: 20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 8-14 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 29-18 first quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +11+12+13+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 58 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg32.9Today

33 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jason Terry leads the day with 36

Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 21, 20, 25, 19, 22, 31, 20, 36Hawks-Lakers · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 44, 28, 10, 19, 24, 31, 22, 24, 19, 29Sonics-Sixers · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 16, 29, 21, 11, 30, 17, 13, 28Spurs-Blazers · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 25, 33, 29, 28, 26, 18, 33, 27Lakers-Hawks · L
27.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 22, 29, 29, 38, 39, 26, 16, 27Lakers-Hawks · L
29.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 24, 26, 12, 16, 20, 25, 29, 26Hawks-Lakers · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Toni KukocATL+11.9 22.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+6.3 16.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mike MillerORL+5.3 16.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+4.5 14.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Rod StricklandPOR−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−5.1 3.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Rodney RogersPHX−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Lamond MurrayCLE−4.5 7.8 last 10 · 12.3 season