FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 1, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 128–122.

Final
DET96
DEN100
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +4
Final
GSW75
LAL93
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +18
Final
PHI83
MIA90
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final · 2OT
HOU122
PHX128
Q1 PHX -10; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX 0; OT2 PHX +6
Final
CHH90
POR94
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +4
Final
IND96
VAN89
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +7
Final
CLE111
WAS108
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +3
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 · HOU @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from eight down at the half, wins in double overtime

Houston led 60–52 at the break. It was 103–103 after regulation, and Phoenix won the extra time 13–7. Final: 128–122. Clifford Robinson led Phoenix with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-10-8-500+6PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
HOU30302419127122
PHX203227241213128
Who led
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 11, 12, 12, 15, 11, 21, 19, 25PHX25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 12, 18, 9, 11, 17, 13, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 3, 16, 27, 21, 17, 10, 24, 24HOU24 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Kelvin CatoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 0, 3, 13, 13, 23HOU23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ WAS

Cleveland climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 8 after one. Cleveland won it 111–108. Shawn Kemp led Cleveland with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs WAS
Shawn Kemp · CLEMitch Richmond · WASPTS2730REB141AST44Top 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
+7.6points, today vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
5.41998–99 avg13Today

13 points today in 14 minutes, against 5.4 a game in 1998–99 (38 games).

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.6Season avg28.4Last 3

28.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg46.4Today

46 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 39

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: 34, 8, 32, 28, 31, 22, 30, 24, 30, 39DET @ DEN · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 12, 13, 19, 12, 10, 20, 8, 30WAS vs CLE · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 34, 36, 41, 37, 39, 30, 27, 28LAL vs GSW · W
28.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 23, 27, 22, 26, 25, 30, 16, 28MIA vs PHI · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 27, 12, 29, 28, 11, 10, 25, 27CLE @ WAS · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 21, 13, 18, 7, 11, 6, 15, 26IND @ VAN · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST