FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 11, 1999Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 15 after the first quarter and won 104–76.

Final
ATL116
CLE127
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +11
Final
PHX115
DAL120
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +5
Final
LAC90
IND108
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +18
Final
DEN101
MIL99
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +2
Final
GSW104
MIN76
Q1 GSW -15; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +28
Final
HOU94
NJN106
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +23; Q4 NJN +12
Final
CHI87
ORL108
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +21
Final
CHH106
PHI84
Q1 CHH +16; Q2 CHH +19; Q3 CHH +27; Q4 CHH +22
Final
POR101
SAC96
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +5
Final
WAS99
SAS89
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +10
Final
MIA88
SEA92
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +4
Final
LAL106
VAN94
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +12
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 · GSW @ MIN

Golden State storms back from 15 down to beat Minnesota

The Warriors trailed by 15 after one and won 104–76. John Starks led Golden State with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-3+16+28GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW20322626104
MIN352071476
Who led
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 5, 10, 9, 16, 7, 28, 17, 27GSW27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 14, 16, 17, 14, 24, 9, 20, 23GSW23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rasho NesterovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 1, 9, 2, 6, 1, 3, 2, 9, 23MIN23 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 15, 20, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26, 12MIN12 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
31.41998–99 avg13.4Last 2

13.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.4 in 1998–99 (49 games). Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DEN @ MIL

Denver climbs out of an 8-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 8 after three, the Nuggets won the fourth quarter 30–20 and the game 101–99. Nick Van Exel led Denver with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs MIL
Nick Van Exel · DENRay Allen · MILPTS2725REB32AST84Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 36

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 18, 22, 26, 25, 25, 20, 26, 36SAC vs POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 20, 14, 30, 32, 29, 17, 11, 33DAL vs PHX · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 8, 30, 18, 23, 25, 23, 14, 31WAS @ SAS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 30, 27, 28, 21, 27, 30, 27, 30LAL @ VAN · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 10, 25, 27, 14, 16, 21, 10, 29CLE vs ATL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 21, 19, 25, 21, 19, 10, 31, 28PHX @ DAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 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+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Aaron McKiePHI+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Hubert DavisDAL+3.6 12.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.9 26.1 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bryce DrewHOU+2.9 11.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNJN−4.1 19.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Eddie JonesCHH−3.1 16.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.1 7.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brian SkinnerLAC−2.5 4.7 last 10 · 7.2 season