FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 12, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ORL by 7 after the first quarter and won 108–102.

Final
LAC88
BOS95
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +7
Final
SEA103
DEN93
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +10
Final
NYK108
DET114
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +6
Final
WAS102
IND117
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +15
Final
LAL103
MIL94
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +9
Final
CLE75
POR95
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +20
Final
ORL102
TOR108
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +6
Final
PHX95
VAN92
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +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 · ORL @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 30 in Toronto win over Orlando

Final: 108–102. Vince Carter added 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+3+6+6TOR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL31202328102
TOR24302628108
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 35, 22, 13, 14, 34, 20, 19, 30TOR30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Muggsy BoguesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 4, 10, 7, 12, 7, 2, 4, 22TOR22 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Tariq Abdul-WahadPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 18, 22, 11, 17, 9, 2, 2, 23ORL23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Michael DoleacPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 4, 14, 6, 8, 0, 13, 0, 20ORL20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAC @ BOS

Boston beats Clippers, 95–88

Boston led 66–63 after three and won by 7. Paul Pierce led Boston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over VAN3DET over NYK6TOR over ORL6BOS over LAC7LAL over MIL9SEA over DEN10IND over WAS15POR over CLE20Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.8Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 35

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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 24, 25, 29, 24, 23, 14, 23, 35SEA @ DEN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 35, 22, 13, 14, 34, 20, 19, 30TOR vs ORL · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 30, 20, 25, 42, 42, 31, 40, 29DET vs NYK · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 19, 2, 2, 25, 0, 11, 8, 29DET vs NYK · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 22, 23, 33, 19, 28, 18, 16, 29DET vs NYK · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 35, 27, 38, 40, 23, 23, 31, 27LAL @ MIL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Tyrone NesbyLAC+5.5 19.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Carlos RogersHOU+5.2 14.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Malik SealyMIN+4.2 16.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+4.2 12.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.8 3.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Derek AndersonLAC−4.2 12.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.5 9.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Erick StricklandDAL−3.4 6.6 last 10 · 10.0 season