FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 5, 1999Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 13 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final
WAS92
ATL100
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +8
Final · 2OT
CHH133
BOS129
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH 0; OT1 CHH 0; OT2 CHH +4
Final
ORL103
CHI83
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +20
Final
HOU95
DEN88
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAS88
GSW81
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +7
Final
SEA107
LAC105
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +2
Final
POR91
LAL119
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +28
Final
MIL107
NJN115
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +8
Final
MIA88
NYK101
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +13
Final · OT
DET100
PHI105
Q1 PHI -13; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +5
Final
MIN96
PHX100
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +4
Final
VAN95
SAC99
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +4
Final
CLE87
TOR96
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +9
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 5, 1998: 2 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ PHI

Allen Iverson scores 33, Philadelphia rallies past Detroit

Philadelphia trailed by 13 after one and won 105–100.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-3-50+5PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET321723217100
PHI1927212612105
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 38, 31, 21, 31, 27, 39, 33PHI33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 23, 4, 9, 3, 0, 2, 4, 21PHI21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 12, 18, 32, 25, 15, 35, 22, 27DET27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 12, 24, 4, 18, 7, 0, 18, 21DET21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Lakers rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Portland by 28.

SEA over LAC2CHH over BOS4PHX over MIN4SAC over VAN4PHI over DET5HOU over DEN7SAS over GSW7ATL over WAS8NJN over MIL8TOR over CLE9NYK over MIA13ORL over CHI20LAL over POR28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 48 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg46.1Today

46 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 41

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: 27, 12, 30, 26, 10, 21, 36, 32, 37, 41NJN vs MIL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 14, 10, 19, 16, 9, 5, 22, 40LAL vs POR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 9, 4, 7, 11, 18, 13, 20, 35DEN vs HOU · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 38, 31, 21, 31, 27, 39, 33PHI vs DET · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 6, 4, 5, 2, 32CHH @ BOS · W
6.4 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 4, 3, 32CHH @ BOS · W
4.5 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Stephon MarburyNJN+5.9 27.2 last 10 · 21.3 season
Dana BarrosBOS+5.4 14.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ben WallaceWAS+5.2 11.2 last 10 · 6.0 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonHOU−4.4 5.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kevin WillisTOR−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Tim HardawayMIA−4.0 13.4 last 10 · 17.4 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−3.7 12.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season