FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 18, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 9 after three quarters and won 87–86.

Final
MIL102
TOR111
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +9
Final
BOS89
WAS109
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +26; Q4 WAS +20
Final
MIN94
ATL84
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +10
Final
POR80
MIA86
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +6
Final
IND92
NJN97
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +5
Final
PHX89
HOU94
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +5
Final
LAL86
DEN87
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +1
Final
CHI64
UTA109
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +33; Q4 UTA +45
Final
DAL91
VAN88
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +3
Final
SEA86
LAC83
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +3
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 18, 1999: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ DEN), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ DEN

Denver fights back late to top Lakers

Lakers led 71–62 after three. Denver won the fourth 25–15 and the game 87–86. Antonio McDyess led Denver with 28 points, 18 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+11-4-9+1DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1833201586
DEN2918152587
Who led
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 9 games: 10, 0, 12, 11, 14, 22, 28, 16, 28DEN28 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 14, 13, 15, 23, 14, 17, 15, 15DEN15 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 22, 21, 15, 32, 37, 31, 31, 32LAL32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Horace GrantPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 19, 4, 5, 14, 13, 11, 6, 18LAL18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Chicago by 45, the widest margin of 10 games.

DEN over LAL1DAL over VAN3SEA over LAC3NJN over IND5HOU over PHX5MIA over POR6TOR over MIL9MIN over ATL10WAS over BOS20UTA over CHI45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
14.1Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
25.51999–00 avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 1999–00 (66 games). Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 48

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 9 games: 26, 25, 33, 34, 23, 32, 26, 37, 48TOR vs MIL · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 22, 21, 15, 32, 37, 31, 31, 32LAL @ DEN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 9 games: 27, 13, 20, 41, 23, 24, 30, 30, 31IND @ NJN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 9 games: 26, 19, 12, 20, 17, 40, 17, 23, 29MIL @ TOR · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 9 games: 10, 0, 12, 11, 14, 22, 28, 16, 28DEN vs LAL · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 19, 6, 25, 10, 18, 16, 21, 27LAC vs SEA · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST