FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 8, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 8 after the first quarter and won 109–107.

Final
MIL97
IND108
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +11
Final
DET94
PHI103
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +24; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +9
Final
NJN102
WAS86
Q1 NJN +17; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +16
Final
SEA81
MIA87
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +6
Final
CLE99
NYK97
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +2
Final
CHH96
ORL90
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +15; Q4 CHH +6
Final
VAN101
DAL74
Q1 VAN +6; Q2 VAN +16; Q3 VAN +33; Q4 VAN +27
Final
LAL81
SAS91
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final · OT
MIN107
DEN109
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final · OT
UTA93
LAC87
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +6
Final
GSW84
SAC115
Q1 SAC +17; Q2 SAC +27; Q3 SAC +26; Q4 SAC +31
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 8, 1999: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs SEA), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Denver won the final period 11–9 for a 109–107 win. Voshon Lenard led Denver with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8+5+20+2DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN292229189107
DEN2135261611109
Who led
Voshon LenardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 19, 13, 10, 20DEN20 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 5 games: 5, 2, 14, 23, 19DEN19 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 5 games: 28, 21, 28, 22, 26MIN26 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 19, 16, 25, 21MIN21 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg25.2Last 4

25.2 points a game over his last four games, against 20.0 in 3 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
29.81999–00 avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 1999–00 (68 games). Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Golden State by 31, the widest margin of 11 games.

CLE over NYK2DEN over MIN2MIA over SEA6CHH over ORL6UTA over LAC6PHI over DET9SAS over LAL10IND over MIL11NJN over WAS16VAN over DAL27SAC over GSW31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Reggie Miller leads the day with 41

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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 4 games: 27, 13, 20, 41IND vs MIL · W
25.2 PPG season to date
41 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 5 games: 44, 20, 22, 17, 36DET @ PHI · L
27.8 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 6 games: 14, 31, 22, 21, 15, 32LAL @ SAS · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 5 games: 34, 26, 35, 22, 31UTA @ LAC · W
29.6 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 4 games: 9, 33, 33, 31NJN @ WAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 4 games: 8, 33, 9, 30MIA vs SEA · W
20.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST