FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 4, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 99–86.

Final · OT
PHI110
CHH117
Q1 CHH +20; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH 0; OT1 CHH +7
Final
MIN83
HOU100
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +17
Final
CLE78
IND100
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +22
Final
ATL79
MIA93
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +14
Final
TOR86
MIL99
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +13
Final
SAS87
POR81
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +6
Final
DAL100
SEA110
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +10
Final
LAC82
UTA99
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +17
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 4, 1998: 1 game. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ SEA), 27 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs out of an 8-point hole against Toronto

Down 8 after one, the Bucks won the second quarter 31–16 and the game 99–86. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 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 Q3Final0-8+7+13+13MIL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2616242086
MIL1831302099
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 14, 16, 21, 19, 18, 9, 26, 19MIL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Robert TraylorPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 6, 2, 5, 9, 5, 4, 4, 15MIL15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 24, 18, 22, 20, 25, 6, 26TOR26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 10, 7, 11, 12, 5, 5, 9, 13TOR13 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · ATL @ MIA

Miami beats Atlanta by 14

The Heat won 93–79 in Miami. Jamal Mashburn led Miami with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over POR6CHH over PHI7SEA over DAL10MIL over TOR13MIA over ATL14HOU over MIN17UTA over LAC17IND over CLE22Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 39

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 25, 28, 38, 31, 21, 31, 27, 39PHI @ CHH · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 20, 26, 28, 15, 22, 31, 24, 34DAL @ SEA · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 8, 11, 7, 8, 12, 2, 11, 31HOU vs MIN · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 25, 21, 21, 29, 25, 25, 24, 29UTA vs LAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 18, 16, 17, 17, 17, 26, 9, 29SAS @ POR · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 10, 11, 14, 28, 21, 10, 23, 28CHH vs PHI · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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+6.5 15.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.1 26.3 last 10 · 20.2 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Elden CampbellCHH+5.4 18.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ben WallaceWAS+5.4 11.5 last 10 · 6.1 season
Cold
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.0 13.4 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
Derrick ColemanCHH−3.6 9.5 last 10 · 13.1 season