FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 30, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIL by 5 after the first quarter and won 81–76.

Final · OT
IND92
ATL90
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
CHI88
CHH92
Q1 CHH +6; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +2; Q4 CHH +4
Final
TOR83
CLE91
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +8
Final
UTA91
HOU78
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +13
Final
DET81
MIL76
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +5
Final
GSW85
MIN90
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +5
Final
NJN95
ORL107
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +12
Final
DEN101
SEA111
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +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 30, 1998: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Hardaway (MIA @ NYK), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ MIL

Detroit makes it four straight

Detroit beat Milwaukee 81–76 and moved to 27–20. Joe Dumars led Detroit with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 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 Q3Final0-5+1+2+5DET AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2026171881
MIL2520161576
Who led
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 12, 3, 3, 19, 10, 1, 15, 20DET20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32, 25, 15DET15 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ervin JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 1, 4, 4, 11, 4, 1, 11, 12MIL12 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 6, 10, 21, 6, 12, 5, 21, 9MIL9 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · IND @ ATL

Indiana goes to overtime again, beats Atlanta

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Pacers. 81–81 after 48 minutes, 92–90 final. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 21 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs ATL
Reggie Miller · INDSteven Smith · ATLPTS2122REB16AST05Top 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
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nick Anderson leads the day with 40

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.
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 8, 14, 14, 7, 18, 23, 14, 40ORL vs NJN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 14, 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21, 36NJN @ ORL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 20, 21, 18, 23, 29, 30, 17, 28MIN vs GSW · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 18, 24, 27, 18, 16, 14, 14, 28HOU vs UTA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Detlef SchrempfPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 20, 28, 19, 12, 6, 18, 13, 28SEA vs DEN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 23, 28, 25, 21, 21, 29, 25, 25UTA @ HOU · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 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
Jerome WilliamsDET+5.4 12.4 last 10 · 7.0 season
Hubert DavisDAL+5.1 13.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.1 15.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Ben WallaceWAS+4.9 10.8 last 10 · 5.9 season
Cold
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.8 9.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.7 11.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
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