FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 19, 2000Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 13 after three quarters and won 103–98.

Final
NYK85
BOS112
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +27
Final
MIA73
CHH83
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +10
Final
CHI91
DET112
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +21
Final
PHX99
GSW88
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
VAN96
HOU92
Q1 VAN +2; Q2 VAN +4; Q3 VAN +10; Q4 VAN +4
Final
ATL92
IND111
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +19
Final
WAS105
MIL110
Q1 MIL +17; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +5
Final
DAL113
MIN107
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL +6
Final
CLE111
NJN108
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +3
Final
TOR100
ORL106
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DEN96
POR95
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +1
Final · OT
LAL98
SAS103
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -13; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
Final
LAC114
SEA106
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +8
Final
SAC86
UTA95
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -1; 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 19, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs VAN), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Lakers

Tied 89–89 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 14–9 for a 103–98 win. David Robinson led San Antonio with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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.Final0-1-8-130+5SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL22262615998
SAS2119212814103
Who led
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 23, 15, 19, 26, 16, 19, 27, 17SAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 12, 10, 6, 4, 9, 15, 8, 14SAS14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 17, 16, 26, 33, 31, 25, 16, 23LAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 37, 34, 32, 49, 41, 33, 38, 22LAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 81 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.1Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 3.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat New York by 27.

DEN over POR1CLE over NJN3VAN over HOU4MIL over WAS5SAS over LAL5DAL over MIN6ORL over TOR6LAC over SEA8UTA over SAC9CHH over MIA10PHX over GSW11IND over ATL19DET over CHI21BOS over NYK27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Lamar Odom 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.
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 11, 12, 26, 8, 14, 13, 15, 33LAC @ SEA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 20, 16, 22, 44, 18, 24, 26, 32CHI @ DET · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 26, 13, 19, 25, 32, 25, 24, 29NJN vs CLE · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 20, 2, 21, 13, 16, 27, 14, 29NJN vs CLE · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 20, 21, 16, 6, 16, 16, 6, 27CLE @ NJN · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 13, 9, 5, 35, 9, 13, 9, 27LAC @ SEA · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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+11.4 26.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+7.3 17.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
George McCloudDEN+6.7 16.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Walt WilliamsHOU+5.6 16.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+5.6 17.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Isaiah RiderATL−11.6 7.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL−7.9 8.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Robert PackDAL−5.9 3.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Chris GatlingDEN−5.2 6.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Doug ChristieTOR−5.0 7.4 last 10 · 12.4 season