FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 25, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 16 after three quarters and won 82–80.

Final
MIL70
ATL85
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +15
Final
WAS84
BOS113
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +29
Final
NYK82
MIA80
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -16; Q4 NYK +2
Final
IND98
NJN120
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +22
Final
ORL86
PHI103
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +17
Final
HOU71
PHX95
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +24
Final
MIN84
POR100
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +16
Final
DET91
TOR83
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +8
Final
SEA81
UTA98
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +17
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 25, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs HOU), 29 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIA

New York storms back from 16 down to beat Miami

The Knicks trailed by 16 after three and won 82–80. Larry Johnson led New York with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-7-10-16+2NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2013153482
MIA2716211680
Who led
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 22, 17, 12, 5, 15, 6, 7, 23NYK23 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 13, 13, 11, 23, 17, 12, 30, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 19, 30, 14, 24, 19, 18, 18, 29MIA29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 10, 8, 16, 16, 6, 6, 12, 15MIA15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DET @ TOR

Detroit leads Toronto wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 91–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–35. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 24 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIA2DET over TOR8ATL over MIL15POR over MIN16PHI over ORL17UTA over SEA17NJN over IND22PHX over HOU24BOS over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = DET over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 11, 20, 26, 6, 20, 25, 28, 38PHI vs ORL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 17, 21, 21, 17, 23, 20, 20, 34IND @ NJN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 15, 16, 20, 21, 18, 23, 29, 30MIN @ POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 19, 30, 14, 24, 19, 18, 18, 29MIA vs NYK · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 23, 25, 18, 14, 27, 12, 30, 26NJN vs IND · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 20 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 3, 13, 12, 4, 14, 8, 10, 24POR vs MIN · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 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
J.R. ReidLAL−4.3 5.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.3 15.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Nick AndersonORL−4.0 10.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Clar. WeatherspoonMIA−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season