FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 15, 1999Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed TOR by 14 at halftime and won 93–91.

Final
UTA96
BOS86
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +10
Final
MIN98
CHH103
Q1 CHH -2; Q2 CHH +7; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +5
Final
CHI91
IND102
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +11
Final
CLE101
NJN111
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +19; Q4 NJN +10
Final
MIL116
ORL99
Q1 MIL +23; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +17
Final
TOR91
PHI93
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -14; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +2
Final
HOU77
SAS83
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS +6
Final
SAC109
VAN106
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +3
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 · TOR @ PHI

Allen Iverson scores 37, Philadelphia rallies past Toronto

Philadelphia trailed by 14 at the half and won 93–91.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-14-1+2PHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2926142291
PHI2714272593
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 46, 35, 30, 39, 24, 26, 37, 35, 11, 37PHI37 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 10, 0, 10, 11, 8, 13, 11, 12PHI12 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 14, 23, 39, 32, 25, 16, 24, 19TOR19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 10, 10, 21, 16, 10, 11, 21, 18TOR18 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio gets past Houston

83–77, with San Antonio ahead 40–39 at halftime. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over TOR2SAC over VAN3CHH over MIN5SAS over HOU6UTA over BOS10NJN over CLE10IND over CHI11MIL over ORL17Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 46, 35, 30, 39, 24, 26, 37, 35, 11, 37PHI vs TOR · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 16, 12, 14, 20, 16, 24, 11, 36BOS vs UTA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 27, 14, 16, 21, 10, 29, 16, 36CLE @ NJN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 19, 20, 21, 14, 14, 25, 29MIL @ ORL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 16, 29, 32, 29, 21, 28, 34, 27UTA @ BOS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 24, 20, 16, 27, 20, 19, 21, 27NJN vs CLE · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Cherokee ParksVAN+2.9 7.3 last 10 · 4.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL+2.6 10.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.3 25.6 last 10 · 23.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI+2.1 12.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.9 19.4 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
Eddie JonesCHH−3.4 15.7 last 10 · 19.1 season