FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 12, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NJN by 12 at halftime and won 91–89.

Final
ORL91
BOS95
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
ATL87
CHH119
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +15; Q4 CHH +32
Final
MIL101
CLE100
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -9; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +1
Final
MIA73
DET90
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +17
Final
TOR73
IND77
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +4
Final · OT
NJN89
NYK91
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -12; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final
WAS84
PHI93
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +9
Final · OT
VAN116
PHX122
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +6
Final
MIN83
SEA110
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +27
Final
LAC93
UTA102
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +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 12, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN vs GSW), 36 points.
The lead · NJN @ NYK

New York needs overtime to survive New Jersey

Tied 81–81 after regulation. New York won the final period 10–8 for a 91–89 win. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.Final0-7-12-50+2NYK AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN29231514889
NYK221822191091
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 18, 23, 9, 10, 10, 19, 20, 21NYK21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 17, 11, 14, 30, 28, 13, 20, 18NYK18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 20, 11, 24, 26, 13, 19, 25, 32NJN32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 8, 22, 9, 20, 2, 21, 13, 16NJN16 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.7Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 56 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg10.9Last 3

10.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg29.8Today

30 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Hornets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Atlanta by 32.

MIL over CLE1NYK over NJN2BOS over ORL4IND over TOR4PHX over VAN6PHI over WAS9UTA over LAC9DET over MIA17SEA over MIN27CHH over ATL32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Clifford Robinson leads the day with 36

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.
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 14, 20, 7, 20, 8, 20, 22, 36PHX vs VAN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 32, 28, 14, 19, 27, 20, 20, 24, 35VAN @ PHX · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 20, 28, 10, 5, 13, 9, 5, 35LAC @ UTA · L
8.4 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 20, 11, 24, 26, 13, 19, 25, 32NJN @ NYK · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 21, 35, 21, 21, 29, 30, 22, 29SEA vs MIN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 15, 22, 31, 19, 18, 20, 18, 29MIL @ CLE · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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 22.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+8.1 18.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Anthony MasonCHH+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+5.9 14.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+5.8 17.8 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
Chris GatlingDEN−6.1 5.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.6 13.5 last 10 · 18.1 season