FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 11, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed PHI by 11 after three quarters and won 105–98.

Final
CHI81
BOS87
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
SEA113
LAL109
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +4
Final
MIL92
MIA95
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +3
Final
DET79
MIN88
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +9
Final
NYK93
NJN78
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final
LAC89
POR83
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +6
Final
HOU76
UTA85
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +9
Final
SAC91
VAN88
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +3
Final
PHI98
WAS105
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -11; Q4 WAS +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 11, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ MIN), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ WAS

Washington fights back late to top Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 82–71 after three. Washington won the fourth 34–16 and the game 105–98. Mitch Richmond led Washington with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-2-9-11+7WAS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2232281698
WAS20252634105
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 23, 16, 28, 16, 14, 19, 5, 24WAS24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 17, 11, 16, 18, 14, 8, 25, 19WAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 24, 27, 24, 5, 27, 23, 23, 32PHI32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Matt GeigerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 14, 25, 11, 20, 2, 14, 8, 17PHI17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.9Last 3

9.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 12 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: New York by 15.

MIA over MIL3SAC over VAN3SEA over LAL4BOS over CHI6LAC over POR6WAS over PHI7MIN over DET9UTA over HOU9NYK over NJN15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 26, 21, 21, 20, 24, 30, 25, 38LAL vs SEA · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 15, 33, 27, 30, 21, 20, 13, 33SEA @ LAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 24, 27, 24, 5, 27, 23, 23, 32PHI @ WAS · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 28, 16, 18, 19, 18, 30, 30, 27DET @ MIN · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 18, 23, 31, 9, 3, 15, 15, 27SEA @ LAL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 20, 18, 17, 26, 15, 18, 18, 25LAL vs SEA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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
Gary TrentDAL+5.2 20.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Shawn BradleyDAL+5.1 13.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.4 15.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Anfernee HardawayORL+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Matt HarpringORL+4.0 12.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−6.2 8.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.4 4.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.0 23.3 last 10 · 27.3 season
Toni KukocCHI−3.6 14.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.4 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season