FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 29, 1999Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed IND by 8 after three quarters and won 83–82.

Final
SEA109
DAL101
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +8
Final
LAC88
DEN100
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +12
Final
ATL83
IND82
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +1
Final
VAN98
LAL116
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +18
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 29, 1998: 12 games. Top scorer: Corliss Williamson (SAC vs MIN), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ IND

Atlanta fights back late to top Indiana

Indiana led 68–60 after three. Atlanta won the fourth 23–14 and the game 83–82. Anthony Johnson led Atlanta with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-4-1-8+1ATL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1826162383
IND2223231482
Who led
Anthony JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 4, 14, 5, 5, 2, 9, 4, 17ATL17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 13, 8, 11, 8, 19, 18, 11, 14ATL14 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 22, 17, 10, 14, 8, 20, 10, 22IND22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 27, 31, 11, 18, 26, 16, 14, 17IND17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SEA @ DAL

Seattle leads Dallas wire to wire

Seattle was ahead at every break and won 109–101. Best quarter: the fourth, 32–44. Detlef Schrempf led Seattle with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over IND1SEA over DAL8DEN over LAC12LAL over VAN18Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 26

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 37, 23, 31, 25, 24, 24, 21, 26LAL vs VAN · W
26.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 17, 15, 23, 10, 17, 16, 39, 24DEN vs LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 22, 14, 16, 11, 11, 13, 3, 24DEN vs LAC · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 24, 17, 13, 17, 14, 17, 19, 24LAL vs VAN · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 15, 21, 20, 18, 16, 4, 23, 22DEN vs LAC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 22, 17, 10, 14, 8, 20, 10, 22IND vs ATL · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Hubert DavisDAL+5.4 12.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.4 17.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Felipe LopezVAN+4.0 11.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.8 24.6 last 10 · 20.8 season
Elden CampbellCHH+3.8 13.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−5.6 8.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.1 11.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−3.8 15.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Chuck PersonCHH−3.5 3.4 last 10 · 6.9 season
Derek AndersonCLE−3.1 8.0 last 10 · 11.1 season