FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 27, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 2 at halftime and won 92–91.

Final
ATL104
CHH108
Q1 CHH +14; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +4
Final
IND103
CHI91
Q1 IND +18; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +12
Final
SAS105
GSW83
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +22
Final
DAL106
LAL108
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +2
Final
MIN107
ORL105
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +2
Final
PHX91
UTA92
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +1
Final
PHI100
VAN93
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +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 · PHX @ UTA

Utah holds off Phoenix, 92–91

Utah led 72–68 after three and held on to win by one. Karl Malone led Utah with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-2+4+1UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1731202391
UTA2719262092
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 28, 34, 27, 16, 33, 29, 21, 28UTA28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 17, 10, 11, 9, 19, 10, 12, 14UTA14 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 22, 3, 16, 16, 19, 4, 9, 29PHX29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 18, 32, 27, 13, 15, 25, 19, 16PHX16 PTS · 12 REB · 15 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 22.

UTA over PHX1LAL over DAL2MIN over ORL2CHH over ATL4PHI over VAN7IND over CHI12SAS over GSW22Final 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
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 22, 21, 9, 24, 24, 34, 32, 35LAL vs DAL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 19, 8, 24, 12, 12, 24, 18, 30DAL @ LAL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 35, 11, 37, 19, 19, 32, 42, 34, 29PHI @ VAN · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 22, 3, 16, 16, 19, 4, 9, 29PHX @ UTA · L
8.0 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 10, 14, 12, 11, 21, 11, 9, 28SAS @ GSW · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 28, 34, 27, 16, 33, 29, 21, 28UTA vs PHX · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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
Clifford RobinsonPHX+6.0 24.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+6.0 22.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+5.3 13.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
John StarksGSW+5.2 20.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+4.8 17.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Chris GatlingORL−4.2 9.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−4.0 7.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.8 18.1 last 10 · 21.9 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.7 9.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ruben PattersonSEA−3.4 9.1 last 10 · 12.5 season