FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 23, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed VAN by 9 at halftime and won 89–87.

Final
MIA106
ATL113
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +7
Final
POR100
CLE103
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +3
Final
DAL99
HOU119
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +20
Final
NYK95
LAC100
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +5
Final
TOR93
PHX94
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +1
Final
NJN92
SAC105
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +13
Final
VAN87
WAS89
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +2
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 · VAN @ WAS

Washington climbs back to beat Vancouver

Vancouver led by 9 at the half. Washington won it 89–87. Mitch Richmond led Washington with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-9-6+2WAS AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN1631231787
WAS2414262589
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 8, 9, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 19WAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Ike AustinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 8, 14, 10, 3, 0, 20, 14, 16WAS16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Bryant ReevesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 22, 16, 20, 8, 6, 15, 13, 25VAN25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 22, 21, 19, 24, 31, 15, 23VAN23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Dallas by 20.

PHX over TOR1WAS over VAN2CLE over POR3LAC over NYK5ATL over MIA7SAC over NJN13HOU over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg23.4Last 3

23.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 20, 14, 6, 26, 24, 14, 14, 32NYK @ LAC · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 9 games: 19, 18, 28, 5, 14, 24, 15, 10, 32ATL vs MIA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 10, 27, 31, 24, 35, 26, 22, 31NJN @ SAC · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 6, 23, 13, 16, 16, 17, 16, 31DAL @ HOU · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 19, 4, 28, 28, 16, 24, 19, 29DAL @ HOU · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 8, 25, 22, 14, 27, 12, 29, 28CLE vs POR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST