FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 2, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NJN by 13 at halftime and won 97–89.

Final
MIA105
BOS103
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +2
Final
MIL112
DEN135
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +23
Final
SAC113
DET110
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +3
Final
VAN95
GSW101
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +6
Final
ATL97
NJN89
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -13; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +8
Final
LAC68
PHX114
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +24; Q3 PHX +39; Q4 PHX +46
Final
CHI88
SEA81
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +7
Final
MIN93
WAS103
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +10
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 · ATL @ NJN

Atlanta rallies from 13 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 13 at the half, Atlanta outscored the Nets 56–35 the rest of the way. Final: 97–89. Isaiah Rider led Atlanta with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-8-13-6+8ATL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2120272997
NJN2925201589
Who led
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 15, 17, 12, 28, 28, 22, 10, 25ATL25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Alan HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 22, 14, 19, 8, 16, 12, 22ATL22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 16, 28, 12, 17, 14, 19, 11, 28NJN28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 23, 34, 20, 21, 24, 42, 23, 15NJN15 PTS · 4 REB · 10 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
9.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.41998–99 avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Phoenix by 46.

MIA over BOS2SAC over DET3GSW over VAN6CHI over SEA7ATL over NJN8WAS over MIN10DEN over MIL23PHX over LAC46Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 39

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 30, 21, 30, 12, 24, 26, 14, 39SAC @ DET · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 28, 5, 36, 38, 34, 26, 17, 35DET vs SAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 19, 21, 11, 28, 26, 24, 27, 35BOS vs MIA · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 12, 22, 15, 14, 10, 13, 12, 31CHI @ SEA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 9, 31, 10, 18, 21, 8, 14, 28DEN vs MIL · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 16, 28, 12, 17, 14, 19, 11, 28NJN vs ATL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Cedric CeballosDAL+6.0 24.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Mookie BlaylockGSW+5.8 16.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.7 25.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.4 25.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.3 18.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−6.0 3.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−5.1 6.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.9 4.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
P.J. BrownMIA−3.8 6.9 last 10 · 10.7 season