FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 5, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final
ATL77
CHH71
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +6
Final
IND88
DET86
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +2
Final
DEN104
LAL117
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +13
Final
DAL93
MIN100
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
BOS99
ORL106
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +7
Final
GSW86
SAS93
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +7
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 5, 1998: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ DET

Indiana climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 8 after one. Indiana won it 88–86. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-80+4+2IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2323231988
DET3115192186
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 16, 14, 17, 19, 16, 18, 12, 23IND23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 7, 13, 6, 4, 4, 14, 14, 17IND17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bison DelePoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 18, 11, 18, 6, 14, 12, 20, 19DET19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 13, 11, 14, 28, 16, 18, 19, 18DET18 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · BOS @ ORL

Orlando makes it three straight

Orlando beat Boston 106–99 and moved to 25–10. Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
Lvs LAL104–115Wvs CHH86–78Wvs CLE96–86L@ CHH82–90Wvs MIA94–87Wvs NJN100–98L@ WAS73–84W@ CHI115–68W@ DET92–77Wvs BOS106–99ORL: last 10 games through Apr 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.1Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 3.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 41

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 4, 23, 22, 29, 31, 13, 0, 41DEN @ LAL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 13, 18, 24, 14, 16, 18, 8, 29BOS @ ORL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 25, 11, 25, 3, 15, 15, 16, 28ORL vs BOS · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gary TrentPoints, last 10 games: 21, 3, 22, 11, 10, 12, 20, 16, 23, 26DAL @ MIN · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 17, 14, 17, 19, 24, 23, 11, 26LAL vs DEN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 21, 25, 26, 29, 20, 18, 17, 26LAL vs DEN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.8 13.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Shawn BradleyDAL+4.8 13.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Vernon MaxwellSAC+4.7 15.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.6 18.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Sam MitchellMIN+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−6.2 5.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.8 11.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jason WilliamsSAC−3.9 8.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Sam MackHOU−3.9 7.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Derek AndersonCLE−3.6 7.5 last 10 · 11.1 season