FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 29, 1999Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ATL by 10 at halftime and won 116–89.

Final
IND116
ATL89
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +27
Final
MIL105
CHH109
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +4
Final
DET91
CHI77
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +14
Final
WAS94
CLE96
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +2
Final
PHI97
GSW94
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +3
Final
PHX87
LAL103
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +16
Final
MIA109
ORL106
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
SAC113
SEA104
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +9
Final
VAN90
UTA101
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +11
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 · IND @ ATL

Indiana climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 10 at the half. Indiana won it 116–89. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 25 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-10+20+27IND AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND28124036116
ATL2723102989
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 6, 18, 19, 21, 31, 26, 13, 25IND25 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 14, 4, 5, 18, 16, 14, 21, 19IND19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 23, 11, 22, 15, 9, 19, 20, 19ATL19 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 16, 33, 24, 20, 11, 30, 25, 16ATL16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Atlanta by 27.

CLE over WAS2PHI over GSW3MIA over ORL3CHH over MIL4SAC over SEA9UTA over VAN11DET over CHI14LAL over PHX16IND over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg13.2Last 3

13.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg43.3Today

43 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 36

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 25, 12, 24, 19, 19, 25, 30, 36MIL @ CHH · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 36, 15, 14, 16, 18, 17, 12, 35CLE vs WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 11, 37, 19, 19, 32, 42, 34, 29, 34PHI @ GSW · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 36, 21, 26, 6, 33, 31, 23, 31SAC @ SEA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 34, 27, 16, 33, 29, 21, 28, 29UTA vs VAN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 26, 21, 18, 18, 17, 25, 30, 28MIA @ ORL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 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
Rex ChapmanPHX+6.2 14.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
John StarksGSW+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.1 23.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+4.9 21.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Derrick ColemanCHH+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNJN−4.5 17.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.1 9.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Chris GatlingORL−3.3 10.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−3.2 7.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season