FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 19, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed TOR by 13 after three quarters and won 94–90.

Final
TOR90
BOS94
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -13; Q4 BOS +4
Final
CHH96
CHI86
Q1 CHH +14; Q2 CHH +10; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +10
Final
MIL84
IND106
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +22
Final
CLE86
LAL95
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +9
Final
NJN89
NYK90
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +1
Final
ATL89
PHI107
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +18
Final
POR105
SAS95
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +10
Final
MIN91
UTA88
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +3
Final
DAL104
WAS86
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +18
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 · TOR @ BOS

Paul Pierce scores 30 in Boston win over Toronto

Final: 94–90. Paul Pierce added 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final00-4-13+4BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2627221590
BOS2623133294
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 19, 20, 23, 22, 17, 15, 34, 30BOS30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 17, 16, 15, 19, 14, 39, 31, 19BOS19 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 34, 20, 19, 30, 47, 24, 24, 20TOR20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 10, 20, 14, 10, 10, 6, 13, 14TOR14 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 38 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · CLE @ LAL

Lakers rally from 8 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 8 at the half, Lakers outscored the Cavaliers 53–36 the rest of the way. Final: 95–86. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 27 points, 23 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs CLE
Shaquille O'Neal · LALAndre Miller · CLEPTS2720REB232AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett 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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 27, 22, 20, 35, 19, 22, 37, 31MIN @ UTA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 19, 20, 23, 22, 17, 15, 34, 30BOS vs TOR · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 24, 15, 4, 17, 20, 38, 29SAS vs POR · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 20, 16, 19, 17, 22, 11, 17, 29IND vs MIL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 38, 40, 23, 23, 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27LAL vs CLE · W
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 23 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 15, 19, 17, 24, 23, 23, 25, 26CHH @ CHI · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 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
Chris WebberSAC+4.9 29.9 last 10 · 25.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.3 19.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.3 22.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Michael DickersonVAN+4.3 20.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+4.2 12.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.9 8.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jason KiddPHX−3.4 13.1 last 10 · 16.5 season