FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 29, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by WAS (vs CLE) and CHH (vs PHX).

Final
PHX79
CHH100
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +21
Final
TOR106
CHI89
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +17
Final
DEN96
DAL107
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +11
Final
PHI88
DET90
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +2
Final
MIA84
IND94
Q1 IND +18; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +10
Final
NJN93
LAC98
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +5
Final
UTA94
MIN96
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +2
Final
ATL87
ORL103
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +16
Final
SAS67
POR81
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +14
Final
MIL101
SEA99
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +2
Final
CLE98
WAS103
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +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 · CLE @ WAS

Washington takes care of Cleveland

A 5-point win, 103–98. Rod Strickland led Washington with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final00-5-2+5WAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3024232198
WAS30192628103
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 9, 27, 24, 8, 27, 19, 15, 26WAS26 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 0, 7, 3, 9, 6, 19, 15, 21WAS21 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 12, 10, 9, 2, 12, 31, 7, 23CLE23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 20, 13, 14, 18, 20, 15, 20, 14CLE14 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg7.8Last 3

7.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hornets rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Phoenix by 21.

DET over PHI2MIN over UTA2MIL over SEA2LAC over NJN5WAS over CLE5IND over MIA10DAL over DEN11POR over SAS14ORL over ATL16TOR over CHI17CHH over PHX21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 24, 21, 32, 24, 31, 13, 12, 35UTA @ MIN · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 17, 39, 17, 36, 22, 18, 11, 31DAL vs DEN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 11, 17, 29, 21, 28, 6, 21, 30IND vs MIA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 36, 25, 22, 13, 29, 4, 17, 29SEA vs MIL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 22, 37, 31, 18, 22, 27, 26, 29MIN vs UTA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 35, 31, 34, 25, 35, 37, 18, 27PHI @ DET · L
30.8 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Cedric CeballosDAL+5.4 23.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−5.8 3.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.4 1.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−4.3 7.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kenny AndersonBOS−3.7 10.2 last 10 · 13.9 season