FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 21, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 6 after three quarters and won 91–90.

Final
WAS97
DET83
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +14
Final
POR89
HOU79
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +10
Final
SEA103
IND113
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +10
Final
MIL95
SAC108
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +13
Final · OT
PHX90
SAS91
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +1
Final
NJN87
TOR116
Q1 TOR +19; Q2 TOR +30; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +29
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 · PHX @ SAS

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Phoenix

Tied 80–80 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 11–10 for a 91–90 win. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1+7-60+1SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX231825141090
SAS242412201191
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 30, 42, 23, 29, 20, 30, 33, 25SAS25 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 6, 19, 16, 10, 14, 12, 11, 21SAS21 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 10, 31, 28, 15, 23, 33, 19, 26PHX26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 12, 5, 10, 22, 3, 16, 16, 19PHX19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Toronto posts the night's biggest win

Toronto beat New Jersey by 29, the widest margin of 6 games.

SAS over PHX1POR over HOU10IND over SEA10SAC over MIL13WAS over DET14TOR over NJN29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
15.8Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg44.4Today

44 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mitch Richmond leads the day with 33

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.
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 23, 14, 31, 17, 22, 19, 33WAS @ DET · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 13, 26, 6, 18, 19, 21, 31IND vs SEA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 36, 22, 26, 25, 22, 26, 22, 28SEA @ IND · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 19, 3, 15, 7, 5, 22, 10, 28SAC vs MIL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 10, 31, 28, 15, 23, 33, 19, 26PHX @ SAS · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 30, 42, 23, 29, 20, 30, 33, 25SAS vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 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+6.1 22.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+4.9 22.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Isaiah RiderATL+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+3.3 15.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.3 27.3 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−4.2 9.4 last 10 · 13.6 season
Ruben PattersonSEA−3.4 9.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Terry PorterSAS−3.1 5.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.0 19.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Doug ChristieTOR−2.9 10.3 last 10 · 13.2 season