FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 20, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed GSW by 22 after the first quarter and won 106–102.

Final
WAS77
CHI83
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +6
Final
PHX100
DAL104
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL -12; Q4 DAL +4
Final · OT
LAL106
GSW102
Q1 LAL -22; Q2 LAL -16; Q3 LAL -20; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
Final
ORL83
MIL95
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +12
Final
ATL103
TOR81
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +22
Final
SAS83
UTA69
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAL @ GSW

Lakers rally from sixteen down at the half, win in overtime

Golden State led 49–33 at the break. It was 90–90 after regulation, and Lakers won the extra time 16–12. Final: 106–102. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-22-16-200+4LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL1023203716106
GSW3217241712102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 15, 18, 18, 25, 20, 17, 17, 27LAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Robert HorryPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 6, 2, 13, 4, 6, 0, 17, 17LAL17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 8, 14, 10, 11, 16, 13, 14, 20GSW20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Terry CummingsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 4, 9, 14, 8, 16, 5, 11, 17GSW17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHX @ DAL

Dallas climbs out of a 12-point hole against Phoenix

Down 12 at the half, the Mavericks won the fourth quarter 32–16 and the game 104–100. Michael Finley led Dallas with 36 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs PHX
Michael Finley · DALJason Kidd · PHXPTS3617REB107AST48Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley 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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 7, 26, 17, 25, 34, 6, 24, 36DAL vs PHX · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 18, 21, 26, 21, 16, 20, 11, 36SAS @ UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 15, 18, 18, 25, 20, 17, 17, 27LAL @ GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 12, 10, 23, 25, 15, 17, 22, 25CHI vs WAS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 38, 31, 16, 30, 25, 27, 13, 23UTA vs SAS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 8, 14, 10, 11, 16, 13, 14, 20GSW vs LAL · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 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+6.0 22.9 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
J.R. ReidLAL−5.4 4.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.9 9.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.8 15.3 last 10 · 20.1 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season