FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 14, 1999Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed TOR by 5 at halftime and won 96–78.

Final
ATL77
BOS70
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +7
Final
DET79
CHH83
Q1 CHH +14; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +4; Q4 CHH +4
Final
CLE89
CHI81
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +8
Final
NJN97
DEN120
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +23
Final
VAN85
HOU102
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +17
Final
ORL80
IND83
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +3
Final
MIA86
MIL98
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +12
Final
TOR78
PHI96
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +18
Final
MIN79
SAS95
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +16
Final
PHX101
SEA94
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +7
Final · OT
NYK89
WAS95
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +6
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 14, 1998: 10 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs MIN), 44 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHI

Philadelphia takes care of Toronto

An 18-point win, 96–78. Larry Hughes led Philadelphia with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-5+7+18PHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1131171978
PHI1720293096
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 8, 10, 8, 12, 6, 4, 12, 22PHI22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 24, 5, 27, 23, 23, 32, 11, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 14, 14, 22, 8, 14, 9, 12, 19TOR19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 31, 18, 20, 10, 31, 26, 29, 12TOR12 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.3minutes, last 2 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
32.31997–98 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.3 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 13 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NYK @ WAS

Washington flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

New York led 42–41 at the break. Tied 84–84 after regulation, Washington won the extra time 11–5. Final: 95–89. Otis Thorpe led Washington with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs NYK
Otis Thorpe · WASMarcus Camby · NYKPTS1818REB913AST41Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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: 24, 22, 19, 10, 20, 11, 24, 19, 36, 36DEN vs NJN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 33, 27, 30, 21, 20, 13, 33, 31SEA vs PHX · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 2, 12, 17, 21, 25, 18, 31MIL vs MIA · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 23, 25, 22, 8, 19, 15, 22, 30PHX @ SEA · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 23, 24, 20, 10, 19, 23, 19, 30MIA @ MIL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 12, 8, 22, 33, 15, 14, 18, 29MIL vs MIA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 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
Anfernee HardawayORL+5.8 22.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shawn BradleyDAL+5.2 13.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Chucky BrownCHH+5.1 12.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Gary TrentDAL+4.7 19.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−5.4 4.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.1 9.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.0 21.6 last 10 · 26.6 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−4.0 11.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season