FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 13, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by UTA (vs SAC) and CLE (vs WAS).

Final
WAS77
CLE86
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +9
Final
SAS86
DAL92
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +6
Final
NJN101
LAC109
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +8
Final
CHI74
MIA90
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +16
Final
ATL84
MIL91
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +7
Final
PHI72
NYK91
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +19
Final
LAL86
POR113
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +27
Final · OT
UTA105
SAC100
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +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 13, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ SAS), 28 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Karl Malone scores 30, Utah wins in overtime

Tied 95–95 after regulation. Final: 105–100.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+7+3-70+5UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA3015252510105
SAC231935185100
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 20, 16, 23, 30, 38, 31, 16, 30UTA30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 25, 20, 9, 15, 10, 19, 17, 24UTA24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 0, 13, 11, 11, 22, 14, 8, 22SAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 8, 20, 19, 11, 14, 21, 13, 17SAC17 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
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
14.8Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ CLE

Cleveland handles Washington by 9

The Cavaliers won the third quarter 28–23. Final: 86–77. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 32 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over SAC5DAL over SAS6MIL over ATL7LAC over NJN8CLE over WAS9MIA over CHI16NYK over PHI19POR over LAL27Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over WAS.
Top performances

Keith Van Horn 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.
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 24, 27, 25, 26, 28, 30, 10, 33NJN @ LAC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 17, 10, 25, 23, 17, 24, 23, 32CLE vs WAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 20, 16, 23, 30, 38, 31, 16, 30UTA @ SAC · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 6, 13, 13, 19, 12, 10, 23, 25CHI @ MIA · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 17, 13, 10, 22, 7, 26, 17, 25DAL vs SAS · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 21, 21, 20, 24, 30, 25, 38, 24LAL @ POR · L
26.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 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
Shawn BradleyDAL+5.2 13.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Gary TrentDAL+4.7 19.6 last 10 · 14.9 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 4.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.8 23.0 last 10 · 26.8 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Sam MackHOU−3.4 7.9 last 10 · 11.3 season