FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 30, 2000Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 1 after three quarters and won 89–83.

Final
LAL83
HOU89
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +6
Final
SAC111
NYK120
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +9
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 · LAL @ HOU

Houston upsets Lakers

Houston (16–27) beat Lakers (34–9) 89–83. Steve Francis led Houston with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0+9+3-1+6HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1623271783
HOU2517232489
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 31, 26, 22, 10, 24, 25, 27, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 17, 3, 17, 18, 18, 14, 10, 15HOU15 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27LAL27 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17LAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAC @ NYK

New York beats Sacramento, 120–111

New York led 94–74 after three and won by 9. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs SAC
Latrell Sprewell · NYKChris Webber · SACPTS3226REB56AST53Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg17.4Last 3

17.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 27.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 23, 20, 23, 17, 10, 24, 21, 32NYK vs SAC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 13, 13, 17, 17, 27, 22, 28NYK vs SAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27LAL @ HOU · L
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 37, 25, 30, 21, 30, 12, 24, 26SAC @ NYK · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17LAL @ HOU · L
22.8 PPG season to date · −6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 31, 26, 22, 10, 24, 25, 27, 17HOU vs LAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 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
Cedric CeballosDAL+5.4 23.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kenny ThomasHOU+5.2 12.5 last 10 · 7.3 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−5.8 3.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−5.3 6.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.4 1.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Kenny AndersonBOS−3.7 10.2 last 10 · 13.9 season