FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 30, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NJN by 14 at halftime and won 85–78.

Final
DAL99
CLE106
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +7
Final
PHX94
LAC80
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +14
Final
DEN92
MIN109
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -9; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +17
Final
WAS85
NJN78
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -14; Q3 WAS -8; Q4 WAS +7
Final
SAC111
ORL102
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +9
Final
NYK70
PHI74
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +4
Final
DET87
SAS106
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +19
Final
LAL101
SEA77
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +24
Final
ATL107
TOR89
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +18
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 · WAS @ NJN

Washington rallies from 14 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 14 at the half, Washington outscored the Nets 50–29 the rest of the way. Final: 85–78. Juwan Howard led Washington with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-14-8+7WAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1817242685
NJN2524181178
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 13, 11, 19, 8, 8, 10, 13, 23WAS23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 17, 8, 9, 14, 4, 16, 4, 14WAS14 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 30, 16, 20, 12, 22, 20, 9, 24NJN24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jamie FeickPoints, last 10 games: 3, 10, 3, 9, 4, 5, 7, 4, 11, 15NJN15 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of a 9-point hole against Denver

Down 9 at the half, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 33–16 and the game 109–92. Joe Smith led Minnesota with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs DEN
Joe Smith · MINAntonio McDyess · DENPTS2616REB98AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
34.21998–99 avg20.4Last 2

20.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.2 in 1998–99 (46 games). Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg30.8Today

31 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 30

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 8, 32, 28, 31, 22, 30, 24, 30DET @ SAS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 29, 13, 18, 21, 33, 16, 17, 29ORL vs SAC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 22, 29, 14, 26, 31, 23, 17, 28SAS vs DET · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 23, 34, 36, 41, 37, 39, 30, 27LAL @ SEA · W
28.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 9, 14, 14, 12, 5, 27DAL @ CLE · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 4, 2, 7, 8, 4, 18, 16, 26MIN vs DEN · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST