FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 16, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 85–84.

Final
CLE101
ATL104
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CHH105
BOS102
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +3
Final
VAN106
DAL114
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +8
Final
IND112
DET101
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +11
Final
SEA121
HOU112
Q1 SEA +19; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +9
Final
MIN95
LAL101
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
ORL84
MIA95
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +11
Final
UTA96
PHX82
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +14
Final
SAC95
POR102
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +7
Final
CHI84
TOR85
Q1 TOR -11; Q2 TOR -10; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +1
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 16, 1999: 12 games. Top scorer: Mookie Blaylock (ATL vs ORL), 30 points.
The lead · CHI @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 11 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 11 after one, Toronto outscored the Bulls 71–59 the rest of the way. Final: 85–84. Vince Carter led Toronto with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-11-10-6+1TOR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2526161784
TOR1427202485
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 17, 24, 23, 17, 31, 28, 34, 25TOR25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 8, 4, 11, 10, 14, 11, 17, 17TOR17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 23, 18, 20, 16, 22, 44, 18, 24CHI24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris CarrPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 16, 11, 11, 7, 17, 14, 13, 15CHI15 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.6Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.6 in 76 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 14.

TOR over CHI1ATL over CLE3CHH over BOS3LAL over MIN6POR over SAC7DAL over VAN8SEA over HOU9IND over DET11MIA over ORL11UTA over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 43

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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 21, 21, 29, 30, 22, 29, 12, 43SEA @ HOU · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 24, 18, 22, 22, 16, 15, 20, 35HOU vs SEA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 40, 34, 19, 37, 34, 32, 49, 41, 33LAL vs MIN · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 34, 19, 19, 20, 29, 27, 23, 32UTA @ PHX · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Othella HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 4, 15, 12, 19, 14, 20, 21, 27VAN @ DAL · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 28, 22, 23, 14, 10, 29, 15, 26DET vs IND · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+10.3 25.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+8.0 18.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC+6.2 14.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
George McCloudDEN+6.2 16.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Nick Van ExelDEN+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−9.6 7.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Chris GatlingDEN−8.4 3.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Allen IversonPHI−5.1 23.4 last 10 · 28.5 season