FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 7, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 88–83.

Final
BOS75
TOR105
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +30
Final
NYK103
MIL89
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +14
Final
WAS88
CHI83
Q1 WAS -8; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +5
Final
LAL74
HOU84
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +10
Final
SAS81
PHX100
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +19
Final
ATL88
POR97
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +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
On this day · 1999–00Nov 7, 1999: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs DAL), 30 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHI

Washington turns it around against Chicago

From 8 down after one to a 5-point win: 88–83. Rod Strickland led Washington with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-8-1+6+5WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1426222688
CHI2219152783
Who led
Rod StricklandPoints, last 5 games: 10, 18, 12, 16, 21WAS21 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Chris WhitneyPoints, last 5 games: 5, 2, 0, 0, 17WAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Khalid El-AminPoints, last 4 games: 11, 4, 0, 21CHI21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 4 games: 16, 20, 19, 15CHI15 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ POR

Portland never trails at a break against Atlanta

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 97–88. Steven Smith led Portland with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over CHI5POR over ATL9HOU over LAL10NYK over MIL14PHX over SAS19TOR over BOS30Final margin, points. Pink = POR over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
6.01999–00 avg18.5Last 2

18.5 points a game over his last two games, against 6.0 in 1999–00 (75 games). Today: 18 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 4 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 24

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 36, 34, 27, 39, 24LAL @ HOU · L
32.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 5 games: 7, 18, 11, 14, 24TOR vs BOS · W
14.8 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 4 games: 21, 15, 18, 24NYK @ MIL · W
19.5 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 5 games: 15, 12, 21, 24, 23HOU vs LAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 5 games: 16, 21, 21, 10, 23PHX vs SAS · W
18.2 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 4 games: 12, 7, 15, 23MIL vs NYK · L
14.2 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST