FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 2, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed UTA by 5 at halftime and won 84–78.

Final
ATL76
CLE65
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +11
Final
POR110
DEN102
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +8
Final
PHI96
DET100
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +4
Final
LAC84
HOU110
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +26
Final
NYK71
IND94
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +23
Final
CHH93
MIA100
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
PHX100
SAC111
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +11
Final
UTA78
SAS84
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAL91
SEA84
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +7
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 2, 1998: 1 game. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA vs MIN), 29 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAS

San Antonio handles Utah by 6

The Spurs won the third quarter 25–24. Final: 84–78. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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+1-5-4+6SAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1722241578
SAS1816252584
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 36, 14, 21, 22, 32, 19, 19, 26SAS26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mario EliePoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 4, 6, 8, 2, 7, 15, 8, 15SAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 28, 25, 21, 21, 29, 25, 25, 24UTA24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Thurl BaileyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 2, 0, 8, 2, 2, 8, 0, 11UTA11 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHH @ MIA

Miami tops Charlotte in Miami

Final: 100–93. Jamal Mashburn led Miami with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over PHI4SAS over UTA6MIA over CHH7LAL over SEA7POR over DEN8ATL over CLE11SAC over PHX11IND over NYK23HOU over LAC26Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over CHH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 35

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 18, 28, 12, 18, 32, 25, 15, 35DET vs PHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 29, 35, 10, 25, 26, 19, 38, 33LAL @ SEA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 23, 27, 25, 5, 30, 7, 23, 29SEA vs LAL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 17, 17, 27, 22, 11, 9, 15, 28LAL @ SEA · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 20, 25, 28, 38, 31, 21, 31, 27PHI @ DET · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 36, 14, 21, 22, 32, 19, 19, 26SAS vs UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 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
Danny FortsonDEN+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jerome WilliamsDET+5.3 12.2 last 10 · 6.9 season
Paul PierceBOS+4.5 20.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.2 9.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.3 13.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
J.R. ReidLAL−4.0 5.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Derek HarperLAL−3.7 3.1 last 10 · 6.8 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season