FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 4, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CHH by 5 at halftime and won 85–83.

Final
CHH83
ATL85
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +2
Final
NJN91
BOS79
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +12
Final
VAN87
CHI88
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
MIL74
CLE98
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +24
Final
LAC80
DEN82
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +2
Final
NYK95
IND108
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +13
Final
HOU84
SEA101
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +17
Final
PHI82
TOR97
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +21; Q4 TOR +15
Final
MIA90
WAS79
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +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 · 1997–98Apr 4, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (NJN vs NYK), 30 points.
The lead · CHH @ ATL

Atlanta holds off Charlotte, 85–83

Atlanta led 63–62 after three and held on to win by two. Alan Henderson led Atlanta with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-5+1+2ATL AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH2422162183
ATL2318222285
Who led
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 13, 23, 2, 8, 10, 7, 18ATL18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tyrone CorbinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 10, 7, 13, 5, 3, 6, 14, 15ATL15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 20, 14, 17, 15, 7, 13, 17, 16CHH16 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 11, 9, 15, 7, 11, 12, 19, 14CHH14 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Second story · VAN @ CHI

Chicago controls Vancouver start to finish

Chicago won 88–87, leading by as many as 6 at a break. Mark Bryant led Chicago with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over VAN1ATL over CHH2DEN over LAC2MIA over WAS11NJN over BOS12IND over NYK13TOR over PHI15SEA over HOU17CLE over MIL24Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 32

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 22, 6, 21, 20, 15, 18, 23, 32BOS vs NJN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 27, 26, 10, 20, 15, 33, 27, 30SEA vs HOU · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 26, 16, 30, 21, 22, 27, 24, 26VAN @ CHI · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 15, 12, 9, 27, 22, 24, 27, 25NJN @ BOS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Mark BryantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 0, 16, 8, 13, 4, 14, 7, 25CHI vs VAN · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 6, 11, 19, 28, 24, 20, 23, 24MIA @ WAS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 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
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
Bimbo ColesGSW+4.1 13.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.0 17.3 last 10 · 13.3 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
Sam MackHOU−3.9 7.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Joe DumarsDET−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season