FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 22, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAL by 10 at halftime and won 95–91.

Final
WAS93
ATL111
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +18
Final
BOS96
CHH110
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +12; Q4 CHH +14
Final
DET92
CHI98
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +6
Final
POR95
LAL91
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +4
Final
DAL95
NJN98
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +3
Final
IND97
PHI103
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +6
Final
CLE88
PHX101
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +13
Final
UTA104
SAC101
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +3
Final
NYK83
SAS96
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +13
Final
ORL85
VAN82
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +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 · POR @ LAL

Portland climbs back to beat Lakers

Lakers led by 10 at the half. Portland won it 95–91. Steven Smith led Portland with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final00-10-5+4POR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3017262295
LAL3027211391
Who led
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 6, 10, 18, 22, 19, 21, 9, 27POR27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 13, 17, 17, 9, 15, 6, 9, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 31, 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28LAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 23, 23, 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17LAL17 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Atlanta by 18.

NJN over DAL3UTA over SAC3ORL over VAN3POR over LAL4CHI over DET6PHI over IND6PHX over CLE13SAS over NYK13CHH over BOS14ATL over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg25.1Today

25 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 45, 34, 37, 35, 31, 34, 25, 35, 37PHI vs IND · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 21, 16, 18, 29, 17, 39, 17, 36DAL @ NJN · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 19, 22, 46, 33, 32, 23, 9, 33SAS vs NYK · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 27, 24, 24, 35, 15, 17, 12, 28ATL vs WAS · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 31, 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28LAL vs POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 19, 17, 22, 11, 17, 29, 21, 28IND @ PHI · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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
Antawn JamisonGSW+6.0 25.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Juwan HowardWAS+4.9 19.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+4.7 22.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Rod StricklandWAS+4.4 17.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 3.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Monty WilliamsORL−3.4 6.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Bob SuraCLE−3.3 11.9 last 10 · 15.2 season