FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 7, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 104–89.

Final
WAS87
BOS108
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +21
Final
NYK82
CHH106
Q1 CHH +17; Q2 CHH +20; Q3 CHH +19; Q4 CHH +24
Final
IND91
CHI74
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +17
Final
ATL82
DET89
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +7
Final
DAL87
MIA93
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +6
Final
CLE91
MIL99
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +8
Final
PHI96
NJN92
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +4
Final
MIN82
PHX90
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +8
Final
LAL104
SAC89
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +15
Final
DEN87
VAN84
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +3
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 7, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ GSW), 56 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Shaquille O'Neal scores 30 as Lakers win in Sacramento

Final: 104–89. Shaquille O'Neal made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+4+15LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL22312328104
SAC3120211789
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 24, 21, 26, 21, 21, 20, 24, 30LAL30 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 6, 4, 4, 3, 10, 11, 0, 19LAL19 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 13, 22, 7, 0, 13, 11, 11, 22SAC22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 16, 12, 29, 9, 29, 15, 16, 21SAC21 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DEN @ VAN

Denver takes over late to edge Vancouver

Down 2 after three, Denver won the fourth 27–22. Final: 87–84. Antonio McDyess led Denver with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over VAN3PHI over NJN4MIA over DAL6DET over ATL7MIL over CLE8PHX over MIN8LAL over SAC15IND over CHI17BOS over WAS21CHH over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.4Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 33

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 11, 18, 11, 14, 12, 8, 22, 33MIL vs CLE · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 24, 21, 26, 21, 21, 20, 24, 30LAL @ SAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 11, 14, 28, 16, 18, 19, 18, 30DET vs ATL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 9, 27, 22, 24, 27, 25, 26, 28NJN vs PHI · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Gary TrentPoints, last 10 games: 3, 22, 11, 10, 12, 20, 16, 23, 26, 27DAL @ MIA · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 21, 17, 11, 16, 30, 17, 22, 27PHX vs MIN · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
Dennis ScottMIN+5.2 11.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Shawn BradleyDAL+4.8 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 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
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−5.7 5.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Sam MackHOU−3.9 7.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
George McCloudPHX−3.2 6.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Derek AndersonCLE−3.1 7.7 last 10 · 10.8 season