FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 6, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIL88
CHI90
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +2
Final · OT
DAL116
DEN115
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +1
Final
MIN112
LAC90
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +22
Final
CHH70
MIA76
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +6
Final
WAS92
NYK101
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +9
Final
PHX85
UTA105
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +20
Final
POR87
VAN89
Q1 VAN +14; Q2 VAN +15; Q3 VAN +6; Q4 VAN +2
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 6, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Anfernee Hardaway (ORL @ NYK), 30 points.
The lead · DAL @ DEN

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 106–106 after regulation. Final: 116–115.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+15+5+20+1DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL3523212710116
DEN203324299115
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 17, 18, 16, 20, 16, 22, 13, 32DAL32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 29, 15, 31, 20, 30, 18, 38, 23DAL23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 18, 7, 15, 20, 0, 14, 28, 23DEN23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 14, 10, 4, 28, 24, 33, 17, 18DEN18 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago leads Milwaukee wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 90–88. Best quarter: the first, 27–23. Elton Brand led Chicago with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over DEN1CHI over MIL2VAN over POR2MIA over CHH6NYK over WAS9UTA over PHX20MIN over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 73 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 77 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg51.4Today

51 minutes today, against 25.4 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 32

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 17, 18, 16, 20, 16, 22, 13, 32DAL @ DEN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 12, 8, 19, 8, 17, 11, 14, 30NYK vs WAS · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 40, 38, 34, 31, 25, 14, 14, 18, 28MIN @ LAC · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 11, 20, 17, 34, 14, 1, 21, 28POR @ VAN · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 24, 25, 6, 32, 28, 14, 19, 27VAN vs POR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 4, 33, 18, 24, 14, 20, 15, 15, 15, 26MIA vs CHH · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 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+7.1 17.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Larry HughesGSW+6.8 20.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Anthony MasonCHH+6.7 18.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jalen RoseIND+6.6 24.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.1 17.4 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−4.3 16.6 last 10 · 20.9 season
Christian LaettnerDET−4.2 8.5 last 10 · 12.7 season