FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 9, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed IND by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
NYK86
ATL78
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +8
Final
PHI83
BOS67
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +16
Final
WAS88
CHH90
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH +7; Q4 CHH +2
Final
DET102
IND101
Q1 DET -10; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -8; Q4 DET +1
Final
MIN89
LAL96
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +7
Final
TOR99
NJN106
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +7
Final
MIL83
ORL95
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +12
Final
PHX92
UTA93
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +1
Final
SEA93
VAN98
Q1 VAN -4; Q2 VAN -2; Q3 VAN +5; Q4 VAN +5
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 9, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Johnny Newman (DEN vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ IND

Grant Hill scores 30, Detroit holds off Indiana

Final: 102–101. Grant Hill added 4 rebounds and 8 assists. Rik Smits scored 35 for Indiana in the loss.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-10-2-8+1DET AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET16252932102
IND26173523101
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 28, 16, 18, 19, 18, 30, 30DET30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 11, 3, 9, 18, 6, 12, 8, 25DET25 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 22, 15, 14, 17, 22, 13, 10, 35IND35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 17, 19, 16, 18, 12, 23, 10, 14IND14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 3.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg10.9Last 3

10.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Philadelphia by 16.

DET over IND1UTA over PHX1CHH over WAS2VAN over SEA5LAL over MIN7NJN over TOR7NYK over ATL8ORL over MIL12PHI over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Rik Smits leads the day with 35

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.
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 22, 15, 14, 17, 22, 13, 10, 35IND vs DET · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 8, 17, 6, 13, 14, 11, 14, 32CHH vs WAS · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 26, 7, 20, 16, 23, 30, 38, 31UTA vs PHX · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 28, 16, 18, 19, 18, 30, 30DET @ IND · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 27, 22, 24, 27, 25, 26, 28, 30NJN vs TOR · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 21, 22, 27, 24, 26, 19, 25, 28VAN vs SEA · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 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
Shawn BradleyDAL+4.8 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Anfernee HardawayORL+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.3 13.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Matt HarpringORL+4.0 12.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Elden CampbellCHH+3.9 14.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−6.2 8.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.7 4.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.7 22.5 last 10 · 27.2 season
Sam MackHOU−3.3 7.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Isaiah RiderPOR−3.0 12.1 last 10 · 15.1 season