FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 28, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 89–78.

Final
LAC105
DEN128
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +23
Final
TOR100
HOU99
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +1
Final
MIN78
MIA89
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +11
Final
NYK83
NJN89
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +6
Final
SEA89
POR94
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +5
Final
BOS101
SAC114
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +13
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 @ MIA

Alonzo Mourning posts 30 and 13 as Miami beats Minnesota

30 points and 13 rebounds in an 89–78 win.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-6-8+7+11MIA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2821141578
MIA2219291989
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 37, 23, 26, 21, 18, 18, 17, 25, 30MIA30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Otis ThorpePoints, last 8 games: 0, 6, 2, 6, 8, 6, 5, 12MIA12 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 17, 28, 27, 24, 22, 23, 26, 16MIN16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 16, 22, 20, 17, 16, 30, 18, 14MIN14 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.0Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.31998–99 avg12.4Last 2

12.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.3 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · TOR @ HOU

Toronto takes over late to edge Houston

Down 2 after three, Toronto won the fourth 30–27. Final: 100–99. Vince Carter led Toronto with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over HOU1POR over SEA5NJN over NYK6MIA over MIN11SAC over BOS13DEN over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over HOU.
Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 24, 19, 23, 29, 24, 36, 36, 35TOR @ HOU · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 17, 37, 23, 26, 21, 18, 18, 17, 25, 30MIA vs MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 16, 26, 2, 10, 20, 14, 26, 30LAC @ DEN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 25, 22, 26, 22, 28, 33, 32, 24SEA @ POR · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 23, 24, 15, 16, 14, 12, 20, 24POR vs SEA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 26, 36, 21, 26, 6, 33, 31, 23SAC vs BOS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 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
Stephon MarburyNJN−4.5 17.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Chris GatlingORL−4.2 9.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−4.0 7.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ruben PattersonSEA−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−3.3 10.9 last 10 · 14.2 season