FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 29, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 11 after the first quarter and won 91–81.

Final
PHX98
DEN87
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
DAL91
HOU81
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +10
Final · OT
CHH110
IND115
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +5
Final
POR89
LAL108
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +19
Final
BOS107
MIA96
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +11
Final
PHI70
NYK85
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +15
Final
LAC81
SAC103
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +22
Final
GSW85
UTA96
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +11
Final
SAS99
VAN72
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +27
Final
CLE86
WAS97
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +11
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 29, 1998: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ NJN), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ HOU

Dallas climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 11 after one. Dallas won it 91–81. Michael Finley led Dallas with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-11+5+14+10DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1429282091
HOU2513192481
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 6, 24, 36, 27, 20, 26, 28, 15, 22DAL22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 4, 29, 17, 13, 22, 8, 12, 8, 11, 22DAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 31, 6, 22, 4, 23, 21, 26, 16HOU16 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 6, 18, 24, 27, 18, 16, 14, 14HOU14 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHH @ IND

Indiana needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Tied 103–103 after regulation. Indiana won the final period 12–7 for a 115–110 win. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs CHH
Reggie Miller · INDDavid Wesley · CHHPTS2723REB124AST17Top 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
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg44.8Today

45 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 24, 29, 35, 10, 25, 26, 19, 38LAL vs POR · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 26, 30, 20, 23, 18, 11, 21, 31BOS @ MIA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 10, 22, 16, 12, 9, 21, 29, 30NYK vs PHI · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dana BarrosPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 11, 10, 9, 14, 9, 20, 12, 27BOS @ MIA · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 21, 17, 23, 20, 20, 34, 19, 27IND vs CHH · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 13, 14, 20, 18, 11, 8, 25, 27GSW @ UTA · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.6 14.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Hubert DavisDAL+5.1 13.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.1 15.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.1 15.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Chucky BrownCHH+5.0 13.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.6 14.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
J.R. ReidLAL−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.2 13.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−3.9 10.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season