FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 6, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 81–72.

Final
CHI89
CLE96
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +7
Final
GSW74
HOU111
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +37
Final
PHX88
LAC83
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +5
Final
UTA106
LAL93
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +13
Final
ORL81
NYK72
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +9
Final
MIL87
PHI95
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +8
Final
VAN89
POR98
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +9
Final · OT
SAC112
SEA106
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +6
Final
MIA92
TOR70
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +22
Final
NJN97
WAS93
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +4
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 6, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (NJN vs CHH), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ NYK

Anfernee Hardaway scores 30, Orlando rallies past New York

Orlando trailed by 11 at the half and won 81–72.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-7-11-1+9ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1617232581
NYK2321131572
Who led
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 17, 16, 11, 24, 30, 24, 30ORL30 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 11, 25, 3, 15, 15, 16, 28, 17ORL17 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 23, 23, 13, 20, 37, 13, 16, 28NYK28 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 16, 6, 29, 15, 17, 16, 19, 14NYK14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · PHX @ LAC

Phoenix fights back from 10 down against Clippers

Final: 88–83, after trailing by 10 at the half. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs LAC
Jason Kidd · PHXEric Piatkowski · LACPTS2229REB85AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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: 13, 14, 8, 17, 16, 11, 24, 30, 24, 30ORL @ NYK · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 31, 23, 26, 7, 20, 16, 23, 30UTA @ LAL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 16, 24, 26, 17, 27, 21, 20, 29NJN @ WAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 8, 18, 10, 8, 13, 1, 2, 29LAC vs PHX · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 23, 23, 13, 20, 37, 13, 16, 28NYK vs ORL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 13, 23, 27, 12, 20, 12, 20, 27WAS vs NJN · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Shawn BradleyDAL+4.8 13.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.7 13.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.5 18.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Matt HarpringORL+4.4 12.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Sam MitchellMIN+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−6.1 4.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Sam MackHOU−3.9 7.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Kurt ThomasNYK−3.7 3.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jason WilliamsSAC−3.2 9.6 last 10 · 12.8 season