FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 8, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 85–79.

Final
LAC81
ATL99
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +18
Final
DEN90
BOS115
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +28; Q4 BOS +25
Final
GSW106
CHH113
Q1 CHH +12; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +7
Final
CHI93
CLE107
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +14
Final
MIL90
NJN107
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +17
Final
HOU73
PHI83
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +10
Final
LAL91
SAC103
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +12
Final
MIN94
SEA110
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +16
Final
DAL79
UTA85
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +6
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 · DAL @ UTA

Utah makes it three straight

Utah beat Dallas 85–79 and moved to 11–7. Karl Malone led Utah with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+11+6UTA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2515112879
UTA2224162385
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 34, 22, 24, 27, 16, 29, 32, 29UTA29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 14, 13, 6, 14, 8, 17, 13, 13UTA13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 10, 10, 9, 14, 25, 11, 23, 19DAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 17, 10, 20, 18, 19, 13, 31, 15DAL15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento beats Lakers, 103–91

Sacramento led 73–64 after three and won by 12. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over DAL6CHH over GSW7PHI over HOU10SAC over LAL12CLE over CHI14SEA over MIN16NJN over MIL17ATL over LAC18BOS over DEN25Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 15 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Rider leads the day with 38

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: 15, 10, 32, 28, 16, 30, 23, 32, 30, 38ATL vs LAC · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 11, 20, 31, 12, 27, 19, 17, 36SEA vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 22, 14, 12, 22, 15, 4, 13, 30CHH vs GSW · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 8, 15, 15, 15, 18, 20, 11, 29CLE vs CHI · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 34, 22, 24, 27, 16, 29, 32, 29UTA vs DAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 3, 22, 7, 9, 5, 10, 9, 16, 7, 28GSW @ CHH · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Hubert DavisDAL+3.7 11.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Aaron McKiePHI+3.5 14.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+2.7 16.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Eric SnowPHI+2.4 10.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jaren JacksonSAS+2.2 9.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Billy OwensPHI−1.8 5.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Scottie PippenPOR−1.8 11.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Steven SmithPOR−1.7 13.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Walt WilliamsHOU−1.4 6.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK−1.3 19.6 last 10 · 20.9 season