FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 15, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed WAS by 10 at halftime and won 112–107.

Final
PHI101
ATL98
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +3
Final
HOU93
CHI90
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
POR105
DAL113
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +8
Final
SAC114
GSW99
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +15
Final
TOR97
MIL118
Q1 MIL +24; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +21
Final
LAL104
MIN91
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +13
Final
BOS99
NJN96
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +3
Final
CHH79
NYK91
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +12
Final
IND96
ORL89
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +7
Final
LAC75
UTA112
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +37
Final
DET112
WAS107
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +5
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 · DET @ WAS

Grant Hill scores 39 as Detroit wins in Washington

Final: 112–107. Grant Hill made 15 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-5-10-6+5DET AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET26252635112
WAS31302224107
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 25, 42, 42, 31, 40, 29, 30, 39DET39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 33, 19, 28, 18, 16, 29, 32, 27DET27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 15, 3, 7, 24, 15, 11, 9, 27WAS27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 13, 18, 8, 27, 10, 9, 5, 17WAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
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
9.5Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Clippers by 37.

PHI over ATL3HOU over CHI3BOS over NJN3DET over WAS5IND over ORL7DAL over POR8NYK over CHH12LAL over MIN13SAC over GSW15MIL over TOR21UTA over LAC37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 39

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 32, 13, 17, 16, 15, 19, 14, 39BOS @ NJN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 25, 42, 42, 31, 40, 29, 30, 39DET @ WAS · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 31, 37, 27, 21, 31, 26, 34, 37SAC @ GSW · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 25, 16, 17, 27, 27, 24, 24, 35ATL vs PHI · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 25, 25, 15, 28, 26, 25, 25, 33MIL vs TOR · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 24, 14, 28, 30, 28, 12, 21, 32DAL vs POR · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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
Carlos RogersHOU+5.2 14.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Chris WebberSAC+5.0 29.8 last 10 · 24.8 season
Tyrone NesbyLAC+4.8 18.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Grant HillDET+4.5 32.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Allen IversonPHI+4.2 35.3 last 10 · 31.1 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.8 3.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Larry HughesPHI−3.7 6.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
John StocktonUTA−2.9 8.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Johnny NewmanNJN−2.9 7.2 last 10 · 10.1 season