FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 30, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DEN by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–105.

Final
CHI91
ATL82
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +9
Final
BOS97
MIL108
Q1 MIL +17; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +11
Final · OT
HOU109
DEN105
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
DAL84
POR95
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +11
Final
LAL88
SEA121
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +31; Q3 SEA +24; Q4 SEA +33
Final
IND95
GSW99
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +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 30, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ SAS), 30 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Houston needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Houston won the final period 11–7 for a 109–105 win. Steve Francis led Houston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Antonio McDyess scored 40 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-100+4HOU AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2525262211109
DEN282325227105
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 28, 13, 25, 20, 6, 15, 13, 22HOU22 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 20, 23, 17, 9, 17, 21, 21, 22HOU22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 28, 21, 4, 20, 19, 17, 40DEN40 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 2, 25, 16DEN16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 29.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 40 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · IND @ GSW

Golden State beats Indiana, 99–95

Golden State led 83–68 after three and won by 4. Larry Hughes led Golden State with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DEN4GSW over IND4CHI over ATL9MIL over BOS11POR over DAL11SEA over LAL33Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over IND.
Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 40

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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 28, 21, 4, 20, 19, 17, 40DEN vs HOU · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 25, 17, 9, 16, 41, 27, 20, 34BOS @ MIL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 17, 16, 27, 19, 10, 10, 20, 30CHI @ ATL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 19, 17, 25, 16, 18, 18, 20, 29GSW vs IND · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 25, 20, 37, 14, 18, 25, 18, 28POR vs DAL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 22, 25, 28, 18, 23, 26, 24, 27SEA vs LAL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST