FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 10, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by CHI (vs NJN) and NYK (vs PHI) and MIA (vs SAC).

Final
GSW107
ATL99
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +8
Final
HOU96
BOS100
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +4
Final
DEN99
CHH106
Q1 CHH +17; Q2 CHH +14; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +7
Final
NJN69
CHI71
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
LAC83
DET107
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +24
Final
CLE88
IND136
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +41; Q4 IND +48
Final
PHI78
NYK85
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +7
Final
MIA107
SAC97
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +10
Final
MIL107
TOR91
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +16
Final
SEA83
UTA101
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +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 · NJN @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge New Jersey

Down 4 after three, Chicago won the fourth 15–9. Final: 71–69. Elton Brand led Chicago with 16 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+2-4+2CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN211821969
CHI2219151571
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 29, 16, 16, 24, 18, 14, 19, 16CHI16 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 9, 11, 2, 6, 20, 21, 9, 14CHI14 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 20, 9, 24, 20, 16, 27, 20, 19NJN19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 10, 25, 14, 20, 19, 26, 25, 18NJN18 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Cleveland by 48, the widest margin of 10 games.

CHI over NJN2BOS over HOU4CHH over DEN7NYK over PHI7GSW over ATL8MIA over SAC10MIL over TOR16UTA over SEA18DET over LAC24IND over CLE48Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.6Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg33.3Today

33 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Alonzo Mourning leads the day with 37

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.
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 25, 30, 16, 28, 21, 25, 17, 37MIA @ SAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 28, 16, 30, 23, 32, 30, 38, 34ATL vs GSW · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 30, 15, 18, 23, 20, 14, 21, 31NYK vs PHI · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 30, 24, 30, 39, 28, 33, 31, 27DET vs LAC · W
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 20, 18, 22, 26, 25, 25, 20, 26SAC vs MIA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 16, 18, 22, 14, 23, 39, 32, 25TOR vs MIL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Aaron McKiePHI+4.1 14.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+3.9 18.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL+3.7 11.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.2 26.4 last 10 · 23.2 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+2.6 16.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNJN−2.9 20.9 last 10 · 23.8 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−2.3 18.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Sam CassellMIL−2.2 16.6 last 10 · 18.8 season
Jerome WilliamsDET−2.1 8.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Ruben PattersonSEA−1.8 11.6 last 10 · 13.3 season