FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, May 1, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed BOS by 11 after the first quarter and won 88–79.

Final
MIL88
BOS79
Q1 MIL -11; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +9
Final
GSW94
DAL105
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +11
Final
CHI101
MIA86
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +15
Final
LAC93
MIN103
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +10
Final
WAS91
NJN102
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +11
Final
TOR96
PHI103
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +7
Final
VAN77
PHX107
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +30
Final · OT
POR90
SAS98
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +8
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 · 1997–98May 1, 1998: 2 games. Top scorer: Anthony Mason (CHH @ ATL), 29 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Milwaukee rallies from 11 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 11 after one, Milwaukee outscored the Celtics 69–49 the rest of the way. Final: 88–79. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-11-6+6+9MIL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1924281788
BOS3019161479
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 18, 14, 16, 21, 19, 18, 9, 26MIL26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 6 games: 36, 18, 0, 18, 13, 13MIL13 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 24, 19, 6, 13, 18, 12, 19, 21BOS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 30, 20, 23, 18, 11, 21, 31, 14BOS14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Vancouver by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

PHI over TOR7SAS over POR8MIL over BOS9MIN over LAC10DAL over GSW11NJN over WAS11CHI over MIA15PHX over VAN30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Donyell Marshall leads the day with 36

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.
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 5, 16, 3, 18, 19, 2, 10, 36GSW @ DAL · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 12, 15, 19, 18, 10, 16, 13, 34WAS @ NJN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21, 36, 32NJN vs WAS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 6, 20, 25, 28, 38, 31, 21, 31PHI vs TOR · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 36, 27, 20, 26, 28, 15, 22, 31DAL vs GSW · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 14, 18, 7, 13, 17, 14, 10, 31NJN vs WAS · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+7.5 15.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Hubert DavisDAL+5.7 14.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jerome WilliamsDET+5.4 12.4 last 10 · 7.0 season
Paul PierceBOS+4.5 20.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Elden CampbellCHH+4.4 17.0 last 10 · 12.6 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
J.R. ReidLAL−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.1 13.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season