FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 16, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 13 at halftime and won 116–106.

Final
LAL95
ATL88
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NYK100
DAL93
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +7
Final
SAC106
DEN116
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -13; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +10
Final
DET116
GSW108
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +8
Final
MIL96
MIA95
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +1
Final
POR107
SEA81
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +26
Final
NJN104
WAS108
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +4
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 · SAC @ DEN

Nick Van Exel goes for 38 in Denver win over Sacramento

Denver won 116–106.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final00-13+7+10DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC24331930106
DEN24203933116
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 7, 20, 34, 10, 20, 27, 4, 38DEN38 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 13, 27, 26, 16, 23, 2, 9, 25DEN25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 26, 25, 25, 20, 26, 36, 21, 26SAC26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 5, 7, 4, 19, 7, 4, 17, 19SAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NJN @ WAS

Washington takes care of New Jersey

A 4-point win, 108–104. Juwan Howard led Washington with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over MIA1WAS over NJN4LAL over ATL7NYK over DAL7DET over GSW8DEN over SAC10POR over SEA26Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.5Season avg26.6Last 3

26.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.5 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 40 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg33.4Today

33 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 38

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 7, 20, 34, 10, 20, 27, 4, 38DEN vs SAC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 23, 32, 30, 38, 34, 27, 16, 33ATL vs LAL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 25, 24, 15, 15, 6, 26, 20, 31NYK @ DAL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 19, 23, 15, 21, 27, 14, 26, 18, 30LAL @ ATL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 9, 23, 0, 11, 14, 3, 18, 29MIA vs MIL · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 19, 20, 21, 14, 14, 25, 29, 28MIL @ MIA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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+5.5 21.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Isaiah RiderATL+4.3 27.9 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cherokee ParksVAN+2.9 7.3 last 10 · 4.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+2.3 25.6 last 10 · 23.3 season
Hubert DavisDAL+2.2 10.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−6.1 7.6 last 10 · 13.7 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
Stephon MarburyNJN−2.7 20.4 last 10 · 23.1 season