FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 30, 1999Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by MIL (vs CLE) and DET (vs ATL).

Final
TOR109
DAL104
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +5
Final
BOS102
DEN94
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +8
Final · OT
ATL105
DET106
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
LAC100
HOU122
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +22
Final
CHH99
IND109
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +10
Final
CLE90
MIL91
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -9; Q4 MIL +1
Final
CHI76
MIN94
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +18
Final
ORL92
NJN102
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +10
Final
PHI90
POR108
Q1 POR +21; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +18
Final
SAS98
VAN88
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +10
Final
NYK89
WAS86
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +3
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 · ATL @ DET

Jerry Stackhouse scores 33, Detroit rallies past Atlanta

Detroit trailed by 9 after one and won 106–105.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9+2-30+1DET AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL322425168105
DET233520199106
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 35, 23, 26, 23, 20, 22, 23, 33DET33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 12, 25, 20, 32, 25, 30, 20, 25DET25 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 11, 22, 15, 9, 19, 20, 19, 26ATL26 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 5 games: 13, 17, 8, 4, 16ATL16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.31998–99 avg11.9Last 3

11.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 8 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg30.3Today

30 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 22.

DET over ATL1MIL over CLE1NYK over WAS3TOR over DAL5BOS over DEN8IND over CHH10NJN over ORL10SAS over VAN10MIN over CHI18POR over PHI18HOU over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse 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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 35, 23, 26, 23, 20, 22, 23, 33DET vs ATL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 20, 30, 33, 25, 18, 28, 16, 32SAS @ VAN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 8, 24, 12, 12, 24, 18, 30, 32DAL vs TOR · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 19, 19, 32, 42, 34, 29, 34, 32PHI @ POR · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 26, 2, 10, 20, 14, 26, 30, 31LAC @ HOU · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 18, 19, 21, 31, 26, 13, 25, 30IND vs CHH · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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
Corey BenjaminCHI+4.9 14.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+4.8 21.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonVAN−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−4.2 17.5 last 10 · 21.7 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.5 4.8 last 10 · 8.3 season
Detlef SchrempfPOR−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Bryant ReevesVAN−3.3 7.7 last 10 · 11.0 season