FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 19, 1998Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DEN by 7 at halftime and won 96–82.

Final
MIA89
ATL101
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +12
Final
ORL76
CHH89
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +12; Q4 CHH +13
Final
PHX123
HOU93
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +30
Final
UTA98
LAL102
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +4
Final
DET101
NJN114
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +13
Final
SEA90
POR82
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +8
Final · OT
VAN112
SAC108
Q1 VAN -2; Q2 VAN -1; Q3 VAN -4; Q4 VAN 0; OT1 VAN +4
Final
DEN82
SAS96
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +14
Final
PHI107
TOR78
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +29
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 · 1996–97Apr 19, 1997: 8 games. Top scorer: Bryant Reeves (VAN @ PHX), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAS

San Antonio makes it three straight

San Antonio beat Denver 96–82 and moved to 56–26. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7+3+14SAS AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2421162182
SAS2513263296
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 20, 24, 34, 28, 26, 32, 31, 25SAS25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jaren JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 14, 11, 31, 7, 20, 10, 13SAS13 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Danny FortsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 8, 15, 13, 16, 5, 8, 14, 16DEN16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 8, 14, 26, 6, 22, 23, 22, 15DEN15 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 79 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · ORL @ CHH

Charlotte beats Orlando, 89–76

Charlotte led 64–52 after three and won by 13. Glen Rice led Charlotte with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over UTA4VAN over SAC4SEA over POR8ATL over MIA12CHH over ORL13NJN over DET13SAS over DEN14PHI over TOR29PHX over HOU30Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over ORL.
Top performances

Tony Massenburg leads the day with 34

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.
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 17, 13, 22, 12, 22, 25, 26, 34VAN @ SAC · W
6.5 PPG season to date · +28.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 50, 26, 35, 30, 24, 35, 28, 34, 43, 33LAL vs UTA · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 9, 33, 12, 16, 21, 12, 24, 32PHX @ HOU · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tariq Abdul-WahadPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 5, 6, 17, 10, 5, 14, 10, 31SAC vs VAN · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 24, 11, 23, 18, 5, 17, 27, 30ATL vs MIA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 12, 18, 10, 7, 16, 14, 12, 27PHX @ HOU · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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
Cory AlexanderDEN+8.2 16.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick AndersonORL+7.7 23.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jim JacksonGSW+6.8 22.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Antonio DavisIND+6.6 16.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Rony SeikalyNJN−8.5 4.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Brent BarryMIA−7.7 3.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Bobby JacksonDEN−6.6 5.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
John StarksNYK−6.3 6.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−6.1 11.2 last 10 · 17.3 season