FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 28, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NYK by 5 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final · OT
NYK96
ATL98
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
PHX88
BOS91
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +3
Final
SAC102
CHI90
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +12
Final
HOU98
DEN104
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +6
Final
MIL89
LAL117
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +28
Final
MIA93
TOR108
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +15
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 · NYK @ ATL

Atlanta outlasts New York in overtime

91–91 at the end of regulation. Atlanta took the last extra period 7–5. Final: 98–96. Isaiah Rider led Atlanta with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final000-50+2ATL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK25252417596
ATL25251922798
Who led
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 24, 35, 15, 17, 12, 28, 28, 22ATL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 7, 10, 5, 3, 6, 17, 14, 18ATL18 PTS · 24 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 15, 22, 13, 13, 17, 17, 27, 22NYK22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 14, 23, 20, 23, 17, 10, 24, 21NYK21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg44.2Today

44 minutes today, against 27.0 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Milwaukee by 28, the widest margin of 6 games.

ATL over NYK2BOS over PHX3DEN over HOU6SAC over CHI12TOR over MIA15LAL over MIL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Clifford Robinson 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.
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 13, 23, 50, 24, 13, 24, 19, 37PHX @ BOS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 22, 17, 15, 34, 30, 21, 4, 31BOS vs PHX · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 18, 15, 24, 24, 20, 28, 22, 30CHI vs SAC · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30LAL vs MIL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 27, 31, 26, 22, 10, 24, 25, 27HOU @ DEN · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 27, 28, 27, 20, 20, 23, 20, 26MIA @ TOR · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Mookie BlaylockGSW+6.6 17.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.5 24.8 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kenny ThomasHOU+5.4 12.8 last 10 · 7.4 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.1 17.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.1 20.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.9 4.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 3.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−4.3 7.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.1 2.2 last 10 · 6.3 season
Kenny AndersonBOS−3.7 10.2 last 10 · 13.9 season