FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 3, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIA by 8 after the first quarter and won 88–77.

Final
ORL92
DET77
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +15
Final
GSW81
LAL76
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +5
Final
SAC96
MIN105
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +9
Final
MIA77
NJN88
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +11
Final
PHX93
POR98
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAC82
SAS103
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +21
Final
WAS85
TOR87
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +2
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 · 1997–98Apr 3, 1998: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs MIN), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

New Jersey turns it around against Miami

From 8 down after one to an 11-point win: 88–77. Keith Van Horn led New Jersey with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+6+9+11NJN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2414142577
NJN1628172788
Who led
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 19, 15, 12, 9, 27, 22, 24, 27NJN27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 20, 31, 16, 24, 26, 17, 27, 21NJN21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 14, 6, 11, 19, 28, 24, 20, 23MIA23 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Terry PorterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 9, 15, 11, 12, 21, 6, 5, 17MIA17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: San Antonio by 21.

TOR over WAS2GSW over LAL5POR over PHX5MIN over SAC9NJN over MIA11ORL over DET15SAS over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Anfernee Hardaway leads the day with 30

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.
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 13, 14, 8, 17, 16, 11, 24, 30ORL @ DET · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 29, 35, 30, 24, 29, 23, 16, 28WAS @ TOR · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 19, 15, 12, 9, 27, 22, 24, 27NJN vs MIA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 23, 13, 11, 13, 14, 23, 25PHX @ POR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 20, 23, 11, 12, 10, 21, 7, 25LAC @ SAS · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 28, 27, 22, 19, 16, 22, 28, 24MIN vs SAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Vernon MaxwellSAC+4.7 15.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Hubert DavisDAL+4.7 12.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.4 13.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Detlef SchrempfSEA+4.2 18.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Bimbo ColesGSW+4.1 13.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−4.8 11.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
J.R. ReidLAL−4.3 7.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason WilliamsSAC−3.9 8.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Grant HillDET−3.4 17.2 last 10 · 20.6 season