FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 6, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 100–90.

Final
POR100
BOS94
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +6
Final
HOU105
DET109
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +4
Final
CHI100
LAC90
Q1 CHI -16; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +10
Final
GSW90
NJN110
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +20
Final
MIA80
NYK94
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +14
Final
SAC108
PHI119
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +11
Final
SEA93
PHX105
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +12
Final
SAS90
UTA93
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +3
Final · OT
DAL103
VAN99
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1998–99Feb 6, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (NJN @ ATL), 36 points.
The lead · CHI @ LAC

Chicago storms back from 16 down to beat Clippers

The Bulls trailed by 16 after one and won 100–90. Elton Brand led Chicago with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-3+9+10CHI AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI13322728100
LAC2919152790
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 28, 22, 30, 16, 22, 10, 22, 21CHI21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 15, 14, 10, 13, 12, 31, 27, 20CHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 19, 9, 15, 23, 16, 6, 17, 23LAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 4, 4, 19LAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat Golden State by 20.

UTA over SAS3DET over HOU4DAL over VAN4POR over BOS6CHI over LAC10PHI over SAC11PHX over SEA12NYK over MIA14NJN over GSW20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 50

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 35, 37, 18, 27, 29, 29, 40, 50PHI vs SAC · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high50 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 16, 24, 30, 23, 16, 25, 12, 36VAN vs DAL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 30, 39, 16, 23, 8, 28, 12, 36DET vs HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 18, 30, 20, 8, 21, 32, 19, 34DAL @ VAN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 30, 12, 24, 26, 14, 39, 26, 32SAC @ PHI · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 9, 33, 24, 20, 12, 29, 32, 32SAS @ UTA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.6 21.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.5 18.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.0 24.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Mookie BlaylockGSW+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Juwan HowardWAS+4.1 19.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
P.J. BrownMIA−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Troy HudsonLAC−3.8 5.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Aaron McKiePHI−3.5 5.4 last 10 · 8.9 season