FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 2, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAC by 14 after the first quarter and won 110–100.

Final
SAC100
ATL110
Q1 ATL -14; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +10
Final
DAL101
CHI95
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +6
Final
SEA117
GSW108
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +9
Final
HOU109
LAC96
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +13
Final
NYK84
MIL80
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ORL103
MIN93
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +10
Final
SAS96
NJN94
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +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 · SAC @ ATL

Isaiah Rider scores 32, Atlanta rallies past Sacramento

Atlanta trailed by 14 after one and won 110–100.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-14-9+1+10ATL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC42251617100
ATL28302626110
Who led
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 15, 10, 32, 28, 16, 30, 23, 32ATL32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 19, 19, 21, 12, 18, 2, 15, 26ATL26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 7, 24, 28, 26, 20, 18, 22, 26SAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 23, 3, 25, 9, 8, 17, 12, 18SAC18 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Second story · SAS @ NJN

San Antonio holds off New Jersey, 96–94

San Antonio led 71–67 after three and held on to win by two. David Robinson led San Antonio with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over NJN2NYK over MIL4DAL over CHI6SEA over GSW9ATL over SAC10ORL over MIN10HOU over LAC13Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
5.41998–99 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 points a game over his last two games, against 5.4 in 1998–99 (38 games). Today: 14 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg16.9Last 3

16.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.7 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Rider 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.
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 15, 10, 32, 28, 16, 30, 23, 32ATL vs SAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 24, 19, 29, 35, 24, 20, 14, 30DAL @ CHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 21, 7, 19, 10, 10, 11, 27SAS @ NJN · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 21, 24, 26, 11, 20, 31, 12, 27SEA @ GSW · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 11, 14, 12, 16, 0, 4, 12, 27HOU @ LAC · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 7, 24, 28, 26, 20, 18, 22, 26SAC @ ATL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST