FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 8, 2000Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SEA by 17 at halftime and won 110–100.

Final
BOS79
CHI96
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +17
Final
ATL85
DAL95
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +10
Final
CHH92
DEN97
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +5
Final
MIN110
DET105
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +5
Final
UTA103
HOU87
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +16
Final
IND94
LAC107
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final
NJN90
MIA89
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +1
Final · 2OT
WAS129
MIL130
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +1
Final
CLE89
NYK86
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +3
Final
PHX91
POR96
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +5
Final
ORL92
SAS127
Q1 SAS +25; Q2 SAS +33; Q3 SAS +43; Q4 SAS +35
Final
LAL110
SEA100
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -17; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +10
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 · LAL @ SEA

Kobe Bryant drops 31 in 17-point comeback win over Seattle

Seattle led by 17 at the half. Final: 110–100.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-17+5+10LAL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28213427110
SEA31351222100
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 27, 18, 25, 18, 29, 26, 13, 31LAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 9, 25, 9, 15, 19, 7, 17, 24LAL24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 24, 14, 10, 16, 22, 19, 10, 31SEA31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 28, 33, 32, 24, 25, 29, 24, 23SEA23 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Orlando by 35.

NJN over MIA1MIL over WAS1CLE over NYK3DEN over CHH5MIN over DET5POR over PHX5DAL over ATL10LAL over SEA10LAC over IND13UTA over HOU16CHI over BOS17SAS over ORL35Final 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
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.5Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Grant Hill leads the day with 40

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: 20, 32, 25, 30, 20, 25, 42, 42, 31, 40DET vs MIN · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 25, 30, 36, 17, 25, 36, 31, 34MIL vs WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 14, 22, 13, 5, 16, 17, 12, 32DEN vs CHH · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 29, 21, 28, 29, 33, 30, 24, 32UTA @ HOU · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 24, 14, 10, 16, 22, 19, 10, 31SEA vs LAL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 27, 18, 25, 18, 29, 26, 13, 31LAL @ SEA · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 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 14.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tyrone NesbyLAC+4.8 18.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Carlos RogersHOU+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+4.6 23.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+4.2 27.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.4 9.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Derek AndersonLAC−4.0 12.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.7 5.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season