FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 16, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 10 after three quarters and won 112–110.

Final
POR86
TOR80
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +6
Final
SAS99
WAS95
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +4
Final · OT
LAL112
SAC110
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -10; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
CHH80
HOU84
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
CHI85
DEN89
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
ORL84
UTA99
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +15
Final
LAC76
VAN72
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +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 · 1999–00Nov 16, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ WAS), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Shaquille O'Neal scores 33, Lakers rally past Sacramento

Lakers trailed by 10 after three and won 112–110.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-4-100+2LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL3023193010112
SAC302725208110
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 36, 34, 27, 39, 24, 13, 14, 34, 33LAL33 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 14, 31, 22, 21, 15, 32, 37, 31, 31LAL31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 13, 8, 32SAC32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 11, 22, 2, 27, 16, 28, 27, 29SAC29 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
22.21999–00 avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 1999–00 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 15.

LAL over SAC2SAS over WAS4HOU over CHH4DEN over CHI4LAC over VAN4POR over TOR6UTA over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 37

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 8 games: 26, 25, 33, 34, 23, 32, 26, 37TOR vs POR · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 36, 34, 27, 39, 24, 13, 14, 34, 33LAL @ SAC · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 13, 8, 32SAC vs LAL · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 14, 31, 22, 21, 15, 32, 37, 31, 31LAL @ SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 11, 22, 2, 27, 16, 28, 27, 29SAC vs LAL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 16, 24, 16, 15, 8, 16, 25, 25POR @ TOR · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST