FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 9, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 4 after the first quarter and won 92–87.

Final
PHX103
CHI80
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +23
Final
LAL123
DAL101
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +22
Final
SAS118
GSW89
Q1 SAS +25; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +32; Q4 SAS +29
Final
IND101
MIA113
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +12
Final
POR87
UTA92
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · POR @ UTA

Utah beats Portland by 5

The Jazz won 92–87 in Utah. Karl Malone led Utah with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-40-1+5UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2320261887
UTA1924252492
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 5 games: 14, 21, 31, 24, 24UTA24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 5 games: 5, 7, 20, 13, 19UTA19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 5 games: 22, 22, 22, 7, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 5 games: 7, 23, 8, 17, 19POR19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · IND @ MIA

Miami never trails at a break against Indiana

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–101. Alonzo Mourning led Miami with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over POR5MIA over IND12LAL over DAL22PHX over CHI23SAS over GSW29Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg20.0Last 4

20.0 points a game over his last four games, against 15.7 in 3 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
36.71998–99 avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 1998–99 (48 games). Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg32.5Today

32 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Alonzo Mourning 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.
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 4 games: 14, 18, 15, 33MIA vs IND · W
20.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 23, 28, 21, 30, 27LAL @ DAL · W
25.8 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 5 games: 22, 22, 22, 7, 26POR @ UTA · L
19.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 5 games: 14, 21, 31, 24, 24UTA vs POR · W
22.8 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 5 games: 8, 8, 2, 4, 21SAS @ GSW · W
8.6 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 5 games: 28, 17, 14, 20, 21LAL @ DAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST