FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 31, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET87
BOS72
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +15
Final
MIL102
CHH94
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +8
Final
GSW78
PHX93
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +15
Final
SAC86
POR100
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +14
Final
ORL73
WAS84
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +11
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 31, 1998: 12 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ CHI), 37 points.
The lead · MIL @ CHH

Milwaukee beats Charlotte, 102–94

Milwaukee led 83–67 after three and won by 8. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+8+16+8MIL AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL26332419102
CHH2229162794
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 8, 16, 19, 12, 29, 14, 25, 20MIL20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dell CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 12, 5, 9, 4, 18, 15, 13, 18MIL18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Eldridge RecasnerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 10, 0, 6, 13, 6, 8, 26CHH26 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 11, 23, 20, 14, 17, 15, 7, 13CHH13 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ORL @ WAS

Washington never trails at a break against Orlando

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 84–73. Juwan Howard led Washington with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CHH8WAS over ORL11POR over SAC14DET over BOS15PHX over GSW15Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Eldridge Recasner 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.
Eldridge RecasnerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 10, 0, 6, 13, 6, 8, 26CHH vs MIL · L
5.3 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 21, 22, 19, 12, 9, 4, 18, 21PHX vs GSW · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 6, 13, 4, 12, 19, 18, 3, 21POR vs SAC · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 11, 15, 9, 18, 23, 16, 8, 20SAC @ POR · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 20, 28, 13, 13, 23, 27, 12, 20WAS vs ORL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 8, 16, 19, 12, 29, 14, 25, 20MIL @ CHH · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Bimbo ColesGSW+5.1 14.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.7 17.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Hubert DavisDAL+4.6 12.1 last 10 · 7.5 season
Patrick EwingNYK+4.5 23.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Felipe LopezVAN+4.4 12.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−4.8 11.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.1 15.2 last 10 · 19.3 season
Jason WilliamsSAC−3.6 9.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.6 11.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Grant HillDET−3.2 17.6 last 10 · 20.8 season