FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 6, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by MIN (vs POR) and DET (vs MIL).

Final
GSW75
CLE90
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +15
Final
UTA105
DAL92
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +13
Final
IND102
DEN87
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +15
Final
MIL95
DET101
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET +6
Final
HOU99
MIA111
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +12
Final
POR96
MIN98
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +2
Final
SAC89
TOR101
Q1 TOR +14; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +12
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 · POR @ MIN

Minnesota takes over late to edge Portland

Down 5 after three, Minnesota won the fourth 28–21. Final: 98–96. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2-5+2MIN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2722262196
MIN2027232898
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 24, 22, 23, 26, 16, 22, 21, 27MIN27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Malik SealyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 10, 19, 17, 11, 14, 12, 22, 27MIN27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 14, 12, 20, 24, 23, 10, 17, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 9, 22, 19, 17, 20, 11, 19, 20POR20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.41998–99 avg11.7Last 2

11.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.4 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Cleveland by 15.

MIN over POR2DET over MIL6MIA over HOU12TOR over SAC12UTA over DAL13CLE over GSW15IND over DEN15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 31

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.
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 25, 30, 20, 25, 42, 42, 31DET vs MIL · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 19, 25, 30, 36, 17, 25, 36, 31MIL @ DET · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 26, 13, 33, 23, 24, 14, 28, 30DAL vs UTA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 18, 17, 25, 30, 28, 21, 12, 28MIA vs HOU · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 26, 6, 33, 31, 23, 31, 37, 27SAC @ TOR · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 24, 22, 23, 26, 16, 22, 21, 27MIN vs POR · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Clifford RobinsonPHX+4.9 23.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Tyrone NesbyLAC+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Corey BenjaminCHI+4.1 14.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Antoine WalkerBOS+3.8 23.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Derek FisherLAL−3.8 4.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brevin KnightCLE−3.4 7.5 last 10 · 10.9 season