FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 4, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed MIA by 13 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
SAC111
CLE107
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +4
Final
DAL96
DEN98
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +2
Final
SEA103
HOU96
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +7
Final
NJN111
IND116
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +5
Final
LAL122
LAC98
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +24
Final
VAN91
MIA87
Q1 VAN -8; Q2 VAN -13; Q3 VAN +6; Q4 VAN +4
Final
ATL113
MIL116
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SAS88
MIN91
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +3
Final
BOS88
NYK96
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +8
Final
CHH80
PHX86
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +6
Final
POR114
TOR90
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +24
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 · VAN @ MIA

Vancouver rallies from 13 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 13 at the half, Vancouver outscored the Heat 50–33 the rest of the way. Final: 91–87. Mike Bibby led Vancouver with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · VAN 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 Q3Final0-8-13+6+4VAN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
VAN2318341691
MIA3123151887
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 13, 13, 14, 14, 18, 14, 21, 22VAN22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 25, 20, 29, 20, 24, 18, 24, 20VAN20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 16, 18, 21, 15, 12, 12, 22, 21MIA21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 8, 25, 14, 10, 10, 12, 12, 14MIA14 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 24.

DEN over DAL2MIL over ATL3MIN over SAS3SAC over CLE4VAN over MIA4IND over NJN5PHX over CHH6SEA over HOU7NYK over BOS8LAL over LAC24POR over TOR24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 38

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: 22, 21, 9, 24, 24, 34, 32, 35, 27, 38LAL @ LAC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 21, 26, 6, 33, 31, 23, 31, 37SAC @ CLE · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 31, 20, 31, 18, 10, 19, 19, 37NYK vs BOS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 19, 19, 25, 30, 36, 17, 25, 36MIL vs ATL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 18, 14, 4, 21, 12, 21, 13, 33NJN @ IND · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 33, 19, 26, 30, 25, 11, 24, 30PHX vs CHH · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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+5.9 14.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Mitch RichmondWAS+5.2 22.3 last 10 · 17.1 season
Corey BenjaminCHI+4.9 15.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+4.9 23.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Michael DickersonVAN+4.1 19.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.6 9.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.6 4.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Detlef SchrempfPOR−3.4 4.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Derek FisherLAL−3.4 4.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.1 18.7 last 10 · 21.8 season