FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 20, 1999Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed CLE by 14 after the first quarter and won 100–94.

Final
LAL99
BOS90
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +9
Final
SEA93
CHI84
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +9
Final
MIN100
CLE94
Q1 MIN -14; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +6
Final
MIA92
DAL89
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +3
Final
POR88
DEN97
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +9
Final
SAC99
GSW111
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +12
Final · OT
CHH109
NYK112
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +3
Final
UTA102
ORL104
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +2
Final · OT
DET121
PHI122
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +1
Final
MIL101
PHX108
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +7
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 · MIN @ CLE

Minnesota fights back from 14 down against Cleveland

Final: 100–94, after trailing by 14 after one. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-14-11-5+6MIN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN16252732100
CLE3022212194
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 22, 26, 12, 22, 17, 28, 27, 24MIN24 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 11, 20, 4, 16, 16, 22, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 29, 8, 24, 22, 8, 12, 12, 20CLE20 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Brevin KnightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 18, 7, 14, 10, 13, 10, 2, 16CLE16 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 12.

PHI over DET1ORL over UTA2MIA over DAL3NYK over CHH3MIN over CLE6PHX over MIL7LAL over BOS9SEA over CHI9DEN over POR9GSW over SAC12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, today vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
4.71998–99 avg13Today

13 points today in 37 minutes, against 4.7 a game in 1998–99 (43 games).

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 34

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 27, 30, 22, 21, 9, 24, 24, 34LAL @ BOS · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 39, 28, 33, 31, 27, 25, 12, 25, 20, 32DET @ PHI · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 26, 37, 35, 11, 37, 19, 19, 32PHI vs DET · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 21, 14, 14, 25, 29, 28, 16, 31MIL @ PHX · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 15, 15, 6, 26, 20, 31, 20, 31NYK vs CHH · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 14, 21, 31, 17, 22, 15, 6, 30NYK vs CHH · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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+6.4 22.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.2 22.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Isaiah RiderATL+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.4 27.4 last 10 · 24.0 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+3.3 15.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−5.2 8.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Doug ChristieTOR−3.5 9.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.0 19.5 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terry PorterSAS−2.9 6.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−2.8 12.1 last 10 · 14.9 season