FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, May 3, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NJN by 5 after the first quarter and won 113–102.

Final
DET115
CHI71
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +31; Q4 DET +44
Final
SAC112
DEN104
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +8
Final
DAL102
LAL115
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +13
Final
BOS88
NYK95
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
GSW91
VAN83
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +8
Final
NJN102
WAS113
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +8; 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 · 1997–98May 3, 1998: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI vs CHH), 35 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

Washington beats New Jersey, 113–102

Washington led 87–79 after three and won by 11. Rod Strickland led Washington with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists. Stephon Marbury scored 37 for New Jersey in the loss.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+8+11WAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN38152623102
WAS33213326113
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 21, 10, 14, 14, 15, 6, 27, 24WAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 15, 19, 18, 10, 16, 13, 34, 24WAS24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21, 36, 32, 37NJN37 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 6, 8, 21, 8, 22, 14, 11, 18NJN18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Detroit by 44.

NYK over BOS7SAC over DEN8GSW over VAN8WAS over NJN11LAL over DAL13DET over CHI44Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 37

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21, 36, 32, 37NJN @ WAS · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 15, 1, 14, 11, 26, 6, 15, 27NYK vs BOS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 35, 10, 25, 26, 19, 38, 33, 26LAL vs DAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 2, 15, 20, 4, 10, 13, 18, 20, 26DEN vs SAC · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 20, 11, 28, 8, 27, 5, 11, 25SAC @ DEN · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 21, 10, 14, 14, 15, 6, 27, 24WAS vs NJN · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 13 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
Hubert DavisDAL+5.9 14.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.4 13.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ben WallaceWAS+5.4 11.5 last 10 · 6.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.4 25.3 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.3 13.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−3.9 14.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mike BibbyVAN−3.6 9.5 last 10 · 13.1 season