FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 27, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 10 after three quarters and won 92–85.

Final
DET92
BOS85
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -9; Q3 DET -10; Q4 DET +7
Final
VAN75
DAL84
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
ORL88
IND87
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +1
Final
MIA95
NJN76
Q1 MIA +18; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +19
Final
CLE71
PHI80
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +9
Final · OT
SAS100
SAC104
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
UTA85
SEA90
Q1 SEA +19; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +5
Final
CHH108
TOR98
Q1 CHH +6; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +10
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 27, 1998: 2 games. Top scorer: Shawn Kemp (CLE vs IND), 31 points.
The lead · DET @ BOS

Grant Hill scores 32 as Detroit wins in Boston

Final: 92–85. Grant Hill made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9-10+7DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1919252992
BOS2027261285
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 15, 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32DET32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 4, 13, 11, 10, 22, 10, 6, 21DET21 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 13, 26, 30, 20, 23, 18, 11, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Walter McCartyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 0, 16, 6, 2, 8, 7, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs out of an 8-point hole against Cleveland

Down 8 after one, the 76ers won the second quarter 22–16 and the game 80–71. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHI vs CLE
Allen Iverson · PHIDerek Anderson · CLEPTS3117REB31AST54Top 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
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 16, 20, 11, 36, 14, 21, 22, 32SAS @ SAC · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 15, 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32DET @ BOS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 20, 26, 6, 20, 25, 28, 38, 31PHI vs CLE · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 8, 29, 21, 23, 27, 25, 5, 30SEA vs UTA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 27, 13, 23, 28, 25, 21, 21, 29UTA @ SEA · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 17, 12, 21, 23, 10, 11, 14, 28CHH @ TOR · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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+5.2 21.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Chucky BrownCHH+5.0 12.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.7 16.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
Danny FortsonDEN+4.6 15.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−4.3 5.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Tim HardawayMIA−3.9 13.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Derek HarperLAL−3.7 3.3 last 10 · 7.0 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−3.6 16.1 last 10 · 19.7 season