FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 1, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed UTA by 9 after the first quarter and won 104–96.

Final
WAS108
CLE112
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +4
Final
PHI101
DAL100
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI -8; Q4 PHI +1
Final
CHH83
HOU99
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +16
Final
BOS96
IND99
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +3
Final
GSW107
LAC76
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +31
Final
ORL98
NYK77
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +21
Final
CHI81
POR92
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +11
Final
LAL81
SAS105
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +24
Final
SEA104
UTA96
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +8
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 · SEA @ UTA

Gary Payton scores 35, Seattle rallies past Utah

Seattle trailed by 9 after one and won 104–96.

Game flow · SEA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+3+4+8SEA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA19302629104
UTA2818252596
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 25, 22, 13, 29, 4, 17, 29, 35SEA35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 28, 31, 19, 11, 21, 23, 10, 33SEA33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 32, 24, 31, 13, 12, 35, 26UTA26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 25, 24, 13, 16, 4, 10, 19UTA19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
8.9Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 31.

PHI over DAL1IND over BOS3CLE over WAS4SEA over UTA8POR over CHI11HOU over CHH16ORL over NYK21SAS over LAL24GSW over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gary Payton 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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 25, 22, 13, 29, 4, 17, 29, 35SEA @ UTA · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 28, 31, 19, 11, 21, 23, 10, 33SEA @ UTA · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27, 31LAL @ SAS · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 46, 33, 32, 23, 9, 33, 24, 20, 12, 29SAS vs LAL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 34, 25, 35, 37, 18, 27, 29, 29PHI @ DAL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 13, 14, 18, 20, 15, 20, 14, 28CLE vs WAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.0 24.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Mookie BlaylockGSW+5.7 16.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.6 25.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.1 20.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−5.7 3.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−5.1 6.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season
Hersey HawkinsCHI−3.9 3.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.9 4.0 last 10 · 7.9 season