FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 14, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIA by 4 at halftime and won 102–97.

Final
MIN94
ATL105
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +11
Final
BOS88
CLE115
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +27
Final
SAS111
DAL93
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +18
Final
MIA97
GSW102
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +5
Final
NYK101
HOU90
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +11
Final
LAC68
LAL95
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +30; Q3 LAL +44; Q4 LAL +27
Final
DET104
PHX114
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +10
Final
DEN84
SEA109
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +26; Q4 SEA +25
Final
IND97
TOR105
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +8
Final
UTA101
WAS80
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +21
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 · MIA @ GSW

Golden State upsets Miami

Golden State (4–16) beat Miami (15–5) 102–97. Chris Mills led Golden State with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-4+10+5GSW AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA3223182497
GSW29223219102
Who led
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 17, 14, 24, 9, 20, 23, 23GSW23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 10, 9, 16, 7, 28, 17, 27, 21GSW21 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 16, 28, 21, 25, 17, 37, 23, 26MIA26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 7, 9, 23, 0, 11, 14, 3, 18MIA18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 15 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
31.41998–99 avg13.4Last 3

13.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 1998–99 (49 games). Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Cleveland by 27.

GSW over MIA5TOR over IND8PHX over DET10ATL over MIN11NYK over HOU11SAS over DAL18UTA over WAS21SEA over DEN25CLE over BOS27LAL over LAC27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 35

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 5, 14, 21, 20, 26, 23, 24, 35DET @ PHX · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 27, 16, 29, 32, 29, 21, 28, 34UTA @ WAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27, 30, 42, 23, 29SAS @ DAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 17, 10, 19, 11, 16, 9, 5, 27ATL vs MIN · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 29 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 9, 14, 25, 11, 23, 19, 22, 27DAL vs SAS · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 16, 28, 21, 25, 17, 37, 23, 26MIA @ GSW · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+5.6 20.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+2.8 16.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Hubert DavisDAL+2.6 10.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.4 25.9 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−4.1 19.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Lamar OdomLAC−3.6 12.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Doug ChristieTOR−3.5 9.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Marcus CambyNYK−3.4 7.4 last 10 · 10.8 season