FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 18, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 18 after the first quarter and won 86–83.

Final
MIL77
CHI79
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +2
Final
DEN103
LAC101
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +2
Final
IND88
MIA92
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +4
Final
UTA97
MIN76
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +21
Final
PHI79
NJN86
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +7
Final
DET81
ORL88
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +7
Final
SEA93
PHX99
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +6
Final
HOU83
SAS86
Q1 SAS -18; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +3
Final
GSW90
VAN85
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +5
Final
BOS101
WAS98
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +3
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 18, 1998: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs NYK), 44 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio storms back from 18 down to beat Houston

The Spurs trailed by 18 after one and won 86–83. Mario Elie led San Antonio with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-4-2+3SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3113221783
SAS1327242286
Who led
Mario EliePoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 4, 14, 11, 8, 10, 3, 5, 21SAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Sean ElliottPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 13, 19, 6, 11, 6, 4, 15, 16SAS16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 9, 14, 11, 6, 14, 4, 20, 23HOU23 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 18, 18, 27, 23, 22, 27, 6, 18HOU18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 21.

CHI over MIL2DEN over LAC2SAS over HOU3BOS over WAS3MIA over IND4GSW over VAN5PHX over SEA6NJN over PHI7ORL over DET7UTA over MIN21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 34

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 41, 21, 29, 0, 11, 7, 13, 34DEN @ LAC · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 8, 25, 19, 19, 18, 13, 31WAS vs BOS · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 25, 20, 11, 23, 18, 16, 10, 28LAC vs DEN · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 9, 4, 18, 21, 10, 17, 7, 27PHX vs SEA · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 30, 24, 30, 23, 26, 25, 16, 27ORL vs DET · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 26, 28, 30, 10, 33, 25, 16, 26NJN vs PHI · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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+6.6 23.6 last 10 · 17.0 season
Chucky BrownCHH+5.2 12.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+4.8 21.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−6.4 19.7 last 10 · 26.1 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.7 4.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.0 9.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−3.9 12.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season