FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 4, 2000Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NJN by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–93.

Final
BOS105
CHH112
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH -4; Q4 CHH +7
Final
SAC102
DAL105
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +3
Final
UTA103
LAC93
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +10
Final
CLE85
MIA111
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +26
Final
CHI73
MIL92
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +28; Q4 MIL +19
Final · OT
ATL76
MIN86
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +10
Final
SAS97
ORL107
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +10
Final
LAL84
PHX83
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +1
Final
DEN93
SEA106
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +13
Final
DET104
TOR88
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +16
Final
HOU100
VAN102
Q1 VAN -8; Q2 VAN -8; Q3 VAN -9; Q4 VAN +2
Final
NJN93
WAS102
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +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 · 1998–99Apr 4, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS vs NJN), 32 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 10 after one, Washington outscored the Nets 81–62 the rest of the way. Final: 102–93. Chris Whitney led Washington with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-10-6+5+9WAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3123182193
WAS21272925102
Who led
Chris WhitneyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 7, 11, 12, 14, 29, 14, 8, 18WAS18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 12, 20, 21, 22, 4, 17, 15, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 17, 17, 20, 30, 32, 20, 11, 24NJN24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 23, 27, 16, 28, 17, 7, 10, 13NJN13 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 72 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 76 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 26.

LAL over PHX1VAN over HOU2DAL over SAC3CHH over BOS7WAS over NJN9UTA over LAC10MIN over ATL10ORL over SAS10SEA over DEN13DET over TOR16MIL over CHI19MIA over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 38

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 24, 29, 15, 31, 20, 30, 18, 38DAL vs SAC · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 28, 21, 25, 26, 30, 22, 27, 34UTA @ LAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 33, 24, 35, 19, 26, 28, 32, 32DET @ TOR · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 43, 28, 22, 40, 34, 19, 37, 34, 32LAL @ PHX · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 17, 34, 12, 19, 15, 16, 16, 30HOU @ VAN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 30, 10, 10, 23, 15, 27, 28, 30SAS @ ORL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
Walt WilliamsHOU+7.3 17.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Larry HughesGSW+6.7 20.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseIND+6.6 24.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.0 17.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
Anthony MasonCHH+5.7 17.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−8.6 8.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL−4.7 16.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.7 7.8 last 10 · 12.5 season