FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 19, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed VAN by 4 at halftime and won 117–102.

Final
IND120
BOS104
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +16
Final
MIA94
CLE87
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final
SEA113
HOU120
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC102
LAC98
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +4
Final
VAN102
LAL117
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +15
Final
CHH120
NJN113
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +7
Final
NYK67
PHI72
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
ORL72
TOR90
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +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 19, 1998: 9 games. Top scorer: Tony Massenburg (VAN @ SAC), 34 points.
The lead · VAN @ LAL

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 35 in Lakers win over Vancouver

Lakers won 117–102.

Game flow · LAL 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+1-4+1+15LAL AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN28322022102
LAL29272536117
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 20, 24, 30, 25, 38, 24, 29, 35LAL35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 23, 11, 26, 11, 15, 25, 11, 18LAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 16, 8, 17, 2, 16, 18, 14, 28VAN28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Felipe LopezPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 6, 21, 2, 0, 13, 6, 17, 23VAN23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.3minutes, last 3 vs 1997–98 avg
Minutes per game
32.31997–98 avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 1997–98 (81 games). Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Toronto by 18.

SAC over LAC4PHI over NYK5MIA over CLE7HOU over SEA7CHH over NJN7LAL over VAN15IND over BOS16TOR over ORL18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 35

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: 21, 21, 20, 24, 30, 25, 38, 24, 29, 35LAL vs VAN · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 17, 24, 23, 32, 27, 23, 23, 32CLE vs MIA · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 15, 22, 10, 9, 16, 13, 26, 30BOS vs IND · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 17, 10, 14, 18, 19, 12, 20, 28SEA @ HOU · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 16, 8, 17, 2, 16, 18, 14, 28VAN @ LAL · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 18, 20, 8, 23, 25, 18, 14, 27NJN vs CHH · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 13 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+6.7 23.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Elden CampbellCHH+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Chucky BrownCHH+4.9 12.4 last 10 · 7.5 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−6.6 19.3 last 10 · 25.9 season
Nick AndersonORL−5.7 8.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.4 4.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−3.4 16.9 last 10 · 20.3 season