FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 17, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHH90
CLE82
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +14; Q4 CHH +8
Final
POR102
DAL94
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +8
Final
TOR93
NYK90
Q1 TOR +14; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DEN97
SAC119
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +22
Final
LAL93
UTA109
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +16
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 17, 1998: 12 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs DAL), 43 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

Toronto holds off New York, 93–90

Toronto led 70–62 after three and held on to win by three. Vince Carter led Toronto with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+14+12+8+3TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2718252393
NYK1320292890
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 20, 10, 31, 26, 29, 12, 17, 21TOR21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 14, 8, 19, 20, 15, 8, 11, 17TOR17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 6, 13, 18, 12, 16, 10, 10, 22NYK22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 14, 5, 10, 13, 13, 11, 23, 17NYK17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHH @ CLE

Charlotte never trails at a break against Cleveland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 90–82. David Wesley led Charlotte with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over NYK3CHH over CLE8POR over DAL8UTA over LAL16SAC over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 29

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: 26, 21, 21, 20, 24, 30, 25, 38, 24, 29LAL @ UTA · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 20, 11, 24, 19, 36, 36, 29, 29DEN @ SAC · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 11, 11, 22, 14, 8, 22, 17, 29SAC vs DEN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 23, 30, 38, 31, 16, 30, 25, 27UTA vs LAL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 9, 29, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 16, 26, 24SAC vs DEN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 18, 24, 13, 15, 10, 8, 15, 24CHH @ CLE · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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+7.1 22.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Anfernee HardawayORL+5.8 22.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Chucky BrownCHH+5.2 12.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Danny FortsonDEN+4.9 14.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.6 15.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−5.7 4.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.8 21.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.8 10.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−4.5 11.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season