FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 1999Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed VAN by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
WAS85
PHX99
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +14
Final
MIN86
POR90
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +4
Final
VAN91
SAS99
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +8
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 @ SAS

Tim Duncan scores 42 as San Antonio beats Vancouver

San Antonio won 99–91. Tim Duncan: 42 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+5+8SAS AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2416272491
SAS1722332799
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27, 30, 42SAS42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 10, 10, 11, 27, 15, 7, 6, 19SAS19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 6, 23, 24, 15, 24, 26, 30VAN30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Othella HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 16, 18, 13, 15, 6, 18, 16, 18VAN18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ POR

Portland leads Minnesota wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 90–86. Best quarter: the third, 27–28. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over MIN4SAS over VAN8PHX over WAS14Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 19.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 42

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27, 30, 42SAS vs VAN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 11, 21, 19, 25, 21, 19, 10, 31PHX vs WAS · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 6, 23, 24, 15, 24, 26, 30VAN @ SAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 5, 18, 19, 6, 19, 2, 27PHX vs WAS · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 11, 15, 20, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26MIN @ POR · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 12, 20, 12, 17, 21, 14, 23POR vs MIN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Mitch RichmondWAS+3.9 18.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL+3.7 11.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Aaron McKiePHI+3.5 14.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.2 26.4 last 10 · 23.2 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+2.7 16.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Billy OwensPHI−1.8 5.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Walt WilliamsHOU−1.4 6.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK−1.3 19.6 last 10 · 20.9 season
Steven SmithPOR−1.2 14.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Detlef SchrempfPOR−1.1 8.1 last 10 · 9.2 season