FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 17, 2000Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed GSW by 11 after the first quarter and won 101–96.

Final
MIN101
GSW96
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MIL85
ORL83
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
IND92
PHI90
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND +2
Final
VAN93
SAS100
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +7
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 17, 1999: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ UTA), 29 points.
The lead · MIN @ GSW

Minnesota climbs out of an 11-point hole against Golden State

Down 11 after one, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 36–22 and the game 101–96. Terrell Brandon led Minnesota with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-11-5+9+5MIN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN17253623101
GSW2819222796
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 8, 11, 30, 16, 8, 20, 18, 21MIN21 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 18, 9, 2, 10, 7, 19, 10, 14MIN14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 32, 15, 14, 44, 28, 35, 16, 33GSW33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mark DavisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 4, 2, 6, 17, 25, 8, 13, 13GSW13 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 80 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 79 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · IND @ PHI

Indiana fights back late to top Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 78–68 after three. Indiana won the fourth 24–12 and the game 92–90. Chris Mullin led Indiana with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs PHI
Chris Mullin · INDAllen Iverson · PHIPTS2124REB55AST25Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Larry Hughes leads the day with 33

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: 17, 27, 32, 15, 14, 44, 28, 35, 16, 33GSW vs MIN · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 27, 20, 20, 24, 35, 22, 16, 29VAN @ SAS · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 30, 23, 15, 19, 26, 16, 19, 27SAS vs VAN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 18, 17, 23, 23, 18, 27, 19, 27VAN @ SAS · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 4, 8, 13, 10, 10, 6, 9, 24SAS vs VAN · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 30, 16, 18, 33, 24, 27, 30, 24PHI vs IND · L
28.4 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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+11.2 26.1 last 10 · 14.9 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
Vin BakerSEA−4.5 12.1 last 10 · 16.6 season