FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 12, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DEN by 4 at halftime and won 104–96.

Final
CLE89
BOS103
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +14
Final
GSW104
DEN96
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +8
Final
CHH92
DET86
Q1 CHH +13; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +6
Final
HOU95
MIN90
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +5
Final
PHX77
SAS94
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +17
Final
IND109
TOR99
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +10
Final
VAN80
UTA98
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +18
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 12, 1998: 7 games. Top scorer: Keith Van Horn (NJN @ TOR), 33 points.
The lead · GSW @ DEN

Golden State beats Denver, 104–96

Golden State led 78–74 after three and won by 8. Donyell Marshall led Golden State with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists. Antonio McDyess scored 36 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-4+4+8GSW AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW22272926104
DEN2528212296
Who led
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 2, 7, 14, 4, 6, 2, 11, 20GSW20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jason CaffeyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 4, 0, 4, 5, 10, 6, 11, 16GSW16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 22, 19, 10, 20, 11, 24, 19, 36DEN36 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 24, 9, 32, 30, 16, 15, 11, 11, 22DEN22 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · HOU @ MIN

Houston leads Minnesota wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 95–90. Best quarter: the second, 27–18. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIN5CHH over DET6GSW over DEN8IND over TOR10BOS over CLE14SAS over PHX17UTA over VAN18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 36

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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 22, 19, 10, 20, 11, 24, 19, 36DEN vs GSW · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 7, 31, 18, 20, 10, 31, 26, 29TOR vs IND · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 6, 13, 14, 11, 14, 32, 14, 27CHH @ DET · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 5, 21, 26, 39, 17, 25, 18, 21, 26SAS vs PHX · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Don ReidPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 9, 14, 4, 6, 6, 8, 6, 25DET vs CHH · L
5.4 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 16, 30, 17, 22, 27, 10, 22, 25PHX @ SAS · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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
Chucky BrownCHH+4.4 11.0 last 10 · 6.6 season
Anfernee HardawayORL+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.3 15.6 last 10 · 11.3 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