FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 18, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NJN by 8 at halftime and won 111–109.

Final · 2OT
NJN109
ATL111
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL 0; OT2 ATL +2
Final
PHI93
CHI89
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +4
Final
CHH103
CLE88
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +15
Final
LAL102
DAL112
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +10
Final · OT
UTA104
DEN105
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
POR116
LAC100
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +16
Final
TOR73
MIA97
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +24
Final
DET88
NYK100
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +12
Final
HOU107
PHX98
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +9
Final · OT
SEA119
SAC112
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +7
Final
BOS114
WAS81
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +33
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 18, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ LAC), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ ATL

Atlanta outlasts New Jersey in double overtime

99–99 at the end of regulation. Atlanta took the last extra period 6–4. Final: 111–109. Jason Terry led Atlanta with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 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.End OT1Final00-8+500+2ATL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
NJN2130212764109
ATL2122342266111
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 11, 14, 4, 7, 7, 20, 3, 16ATL16 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 12, 10, 8, 13, 10, 9, 12, 16ATL16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 24, 26, 13, 19, 25, 32, 25, 24NJN24 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 2, 7, 14, 5, 6, 9, 10, 22NJN22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 58 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 70 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Washington by 33, the widest margin of 11 games.

DEN over UTA1ATL over NJN2PHI over CHI4SEA over SAC7HOU over PHX9DAL over LAL10NYK over DET12CHH over CLE15POR over LAC16MIA over TOR24BOS over WAS33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 38

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 34, 19, 37, 34, 32, 49, 41, 33, 38LAL @ DAL · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 9, 30, 28, 13, 13, 14, 15, 35HOU @ PHX · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 21, 21, 29, 30, 22, 29, 12, 43, 33SEA @ SAC · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 14 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 6, 8, 15, 6, 16, 23, 11, 32DEN vs UTA · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 13, 10, 23, 12, 12, 10, 21, 29NYK vs DET · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 30, 18, 31, 26, 13, 16, 20, 27HOU @ PHX · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.9 35.7 last 10 · 29.8 season
James PoseyDEN+5.8 14.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+5.7 16.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
George McCloudDEN+5.4 15.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−8.6 8.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Chris GatlingDEN−6.8 5.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Christian LaettnerDET−5.1 7.1 last 10 · 12.2 season