FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 24, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed VAN by 5 after three quarters and won 105–96.

Final
NJN82
CHH97
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +15
Final
DEN74
GSW93
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +19
Final
CHI69
IND87
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +18
Final
VAN96
LAC105
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +9
Final
DAL102
SAC105
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +3
Final
LAL81
SAS108
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +27
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 24, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs NJN), 39 points.
The lead · VAN @ LAC

Clippers handle Vancouver by 9

The Clippers won the first quarter 31–27. Final: 105–96. Maurice Taylor led Clippers with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+6-5+9LAC AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2725301496
LAC31271928105
Who led
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 18, 16, 10, 28, 24, 24, 29, 25LAC25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 6, 8, 13, 6, 2, 2, 19LAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 22, 16, 24, 25, 17, 29, 22, 27VAN27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tony MassenburgPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 2, 16, 18, 14, 28, 8, 15, 22VAN22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ GSW

Golden State beats Denver, 93–74

Golden State led 69–52 after three and won by 19. Donyell Marshall led Golden State with 18 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over DAL3LAC over VAN9CHH over NJN15IND over CHI18GSW over DEN19SAS over LAL27Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gary Trent leads the day with 32

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.
Gary TrentPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 33, 18, 22, 15, 24, 24, 7, 32DAL @ SAC · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 8, 23, 25, 18, 14, 27, 12, 30NJN @ CHH · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 13, 17, 15, 8, 10, 20, 11, 28SAC vs DAL · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 22, 16, 24, 25, 17, 29, 22, 27VAN @ LAC · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 25, 34, 6, 24, 36, 27, 20, 26DAL @ SAC · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 25, 38, 24, 29, 35, 10, 25, 26LAL @ SAS · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −0.3 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
Elden CampbellCHH+7.1 19.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Gary TrentDAL+7.0 22.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.0 15.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.7 24.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Chucky BrownCHH+4.3 12.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−5.4 8.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.6 21.4 last 10 · 26.0 season
J.R. ReidLAL−4.3 5.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.3 15.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season