FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 28, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NJN by 4 at halftime and won 101–93.

Final
NYK73
ATL76
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +3
Final
NJN93
DET101
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +8
Final
TOR102
MIL115
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +13
Final
PHX92
MIN97
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
WAS86
ORL93
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +7
Final
SEA84
POR119
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +33; Q4 POR +35
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 28, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ POR), 36 points.
The lead · NJN @ DET

Detroit takes care of New Jersey

An 8-point win, 101–93. Grant Hill led Detroit with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-2-40+8DET AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3218281593
DET30163223101
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32, 25DET25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 13, 11, 10, 22, 10, 6, 21, 18DET18 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 16, 15, 9, 6, 8, 21, 8, 22NJN22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 18, 14, 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21NJN21 PTS · 0 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NYK @ ATL

Atlanta never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 76–73. Dikembe Mutombo led Atlanta with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NYK3MIN over PHX5ORL over WAS7DET over NJN8MIL over TOR13POR over SEA35Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over NYK.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 31

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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 19, 8, 6, 15, 8, 9, 10, 31POR vs SEA · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 30, 24, 15, 17, 21, 22, 19, 29PHX @ MIN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Dee BrownPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 6, 10, 5, 20, 18, 17, 10, 29TOR @ MIL · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 10, 10, 22, 16, 12, 9, 21, 29NYK @ ATL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 17, 12, 11, 8, 16, 18, 15, 27ORL vs WAS · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32, 25DET vs NJN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Jerome WilliamsDET+4.7 11.7 last 10 · 7.0 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.7 16.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
J.R. ReidLAL−4.3 5.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.3 15.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Tim HardawayMIA−3.9 13.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−3.9 10.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Derek HarperLAL−3.7 3.3 last 10 · 7.0 season