FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 8, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed POR by 12 at halftime and won 87–86.

Final
ORL73
CLE69
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SAS92
HOU83
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MIN91
LAC99
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +8
Final
POR86
SEA87
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA -12; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +1
Final
BOS101
TOR89
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +12
Final
GSW85
UTA92
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +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 8, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS vs NJN), 43 points.
The lead · POR @ SEA

Seattle rallies from 12 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 12 at the half, Seattle outscored the Trail Blazers 46–33 the rest of the way. Final: 87–86. Gary Payton led Seattle with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-7-12+5+1SEA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2429132086
SEA1724301687
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 10, 20, 15, 33, 27, 30, 21, 20SEA20 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 12, 20, 13, 16, 22, 16, 15, 17SEA17 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 15, 4, 13, 13, 16, 20, 15, 14POR14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 13, 22, 8, 14, 16, 10, 5, 12POR12 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Second story · GSW @ UTA

Golden State's skid reaches three

Utah won 92–85; the Warriors fall to 14–21. Karl Malone led Utah with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · GSW
W@ LAC92–80Wvs WAS100–96Lvs HOU86–87Wvs POR93–90L@ PHX78–93Lvs UTA85–92W@ LAL81–76L@ SAS86–93L@ HOU74–111L@ UTA85–92GSW: last 10 games through Apr 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg21.1Last 3

21.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 38

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 23, 26, 7, 20, 16, 23, 30, 38UTA vs GSW · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 14, 22, 7, 31, 18, 20, 10, 31TOR vs BOS · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 12, 20, 24, 13, 32, 18, 18, 27HOU vs SAS · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 8, 10, 22, 9, 7, 13, 14, 23BOS @ TOR · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 17, 16, 11, 24, 30, 24, 30, 23ORL @ CLE · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 10, 20, 15, 33, 27, 30, 21, 20SEA vs POR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 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 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Dennis ScottMIN+4.3 10.4 last 10 · 6.1 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.3 13.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Matt HarpringORL+4.0 12.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Vernon MaxwellSAC+3.9 14.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−6.9 8.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.7 5.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Sam MackHOU−3.3 7.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
George McCloudPHX−3.2 6.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Grant HillDET−3.1 17.7 last 10 · 20.8 season