FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 9, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NYK by 8 after three quarters and won 95–94.

Final
IND80
CHH96
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +17; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +16
Final
DEN103
GSW117
Q1 GSW +23; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +14
Final
UTA90
HOU99
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final · OT
NYK94
MIA95
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
Final
PHI80
ORL92
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +12
Final
PHX102
SAC97
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +5
Final
SAS107
VAN99
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +8
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 9, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Rik Smits (IND vs DET), 35 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIA

Alonzo Mourning scores 33, Miami rallies past New York

Miami trailed by 8 after three and won 95–94.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-3-80+1MIA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK28212316694
MIA21251824795
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 14, 20, 15, 15, 15, 26, 15, 33MIA33 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 12, 20, 16, 14, 14, 6, 15, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 19, 33, 19, 24, 11, 13, 10, 23NYK23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 19, 18, 18, 23, 9, 10, 10, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ VAN

San Antonio gets past Vancouver

107–99, with San Antonio ahead 57–55 at halftime. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over NYK1PHX over SAC5SAS over VAN8HOU over UTA9ORL over PHI12GSW over DEN14CHH over IND16Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 76 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Larry Hughes leads the day with 44

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.
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 16, 22, 17, 27, 32, 15, 14, 44GSW vs DEN · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +30.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 14, 20, 15, 15, 15, 26, 15, 33MIA vs NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 30, 36, 19, 19, 13, 28, 26, 31SAS @ VAN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 19, 15, 16, 16, 30, 18, 31, 26HOU vs UTA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 33, 14, 10, 15, 22, 23, 13, 25PHX @ SAC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 4, 28, 24, 33, 17, 18, 10, 25DEN @ GSW · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 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
Larry HughesGSW+8.5 22.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+7.7 18.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Anthony MasonCHH+7.1 18.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
George McCloudDEN+6.0 15.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+5.3 17.3 last 10 · 12.0 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
Chris GatlingDEN−5.6 6.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jim JacksonATL−4.5 12.2 last 10 · 16.7 season