FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 16, 1999Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 4 at halftime and won 78–77.

Final · R1 · G5
DET75
ATL87
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +12
Final · R1 · G5
NYK78
MIA77
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +1
Final · OT · R1 · G5
SAC92
UTA99
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +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 16, 1998: 1 game. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs LAL), 29 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · NYK @ MIA

New York beats Miami by 1, moves within one of advancing

Game 5: 78–77. Series: 3–2. Patrick Ewing led New York with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-40+1NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2314231878
MIA2318191777
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 6, 15, 27, 9, 16, 15, 11, 22NYK22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 14, 13, 18, 22, 15, 20, 10, 14NYK14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 23, 19, 10, 27, 26, 18, 16, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 10, 16, 8, 8, 12, 9, 6, 16MIA16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
8.5Reg. season avg16.3Last 3 playoff games

16.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 8.5 in the regular season (50 games). Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Reg. season avg13.0Last 3 playoff games

13.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.0 in the regular season (48 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Reg. season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.6 a game in the regular season (50 games). Line: 26 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAC @ UTA · R1 · G5

Utah takes Game 5 in overtime

Tied 88–88 after regulation, Utah beat Sacramento 99–92. Series: Utah 3, Sacramento 2. Karl Malone led Utah with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · SAC vs UTA
G1 · @ UTAUTA117–87G2 · @ UTASAC101–90G3 · @ SACSAC84–81G4 · @ SACUTA90–89G5 · @ UTAUTA99–92Game by game through May 16, winner and final score. Pink = UTA win.
Top performances

Grant Long leads the day with 26

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 LongPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 19, 17, 22, 14, 10, 10, 13, 26ATL vs DET · W
14.6 PPG playoffs to date · +14.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 6, 15, 27, 9, 16, 15, 11, 22NYK @ MIA · W
14.6 PPG playoffs to date · +9.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 10, 12, 3, 12, 6, 13, 22SAC @ UTA · L
11.2 PPG playoffs to date · +13.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 35, 22, 27, 26, 15, 12, 23, 21DET @ ATL · L
19.4 PPG playoffs to date · +2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 23, 19, 10, 27, 26, 18, 16, 21MIA vs NYK · L
21.6 PPG playoffs to date · −0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 25, 24, 29, 21, 33, 22, 23, 20UTA vs SAC · W
23.8 PPG playoffs to date · −4.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST