FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 1, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MIA by 12 after three quarters and won 94–92.

Final
CHH74
PHI95
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +21
Final · OT
LAC95
TOR104
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR -10; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +9
Final
MIN102
BOS98
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +4
Final
UTA94
MIA92
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -12; Q4 UTA +2
Final
NJN80
ORL83
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +3
Final
CLE93
DET103
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final
NYK91
CHI86
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +5
Final · OT
IND86
VAN76
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +10
Final
SAS100
LAL109
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +9
Final
PHX98
SAC105
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +7
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 · 1999–00Dec 1, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ DEN), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIA

Utah rallies from 12 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 12 after three, Utah outscored the Heat 28–14 the rest of the way. Final: 94–92. Karl Malone led Utah with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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+1-2-12+2UTA AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2023232894
MIA1926331492
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 15, 26, 13, 20, 24, 21, 27, 27UTA27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 15, 17, 13, 9, 17, 14, 10, 18UTA18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 13, 7, 19, 19, 18, 26, 15, 25MIA25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 7, 12, 16, 16, 16, 9, 19, 22MIA22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
7.21999–00 avg17.0Last 2

17.0 points a game over his last two games, against 7.2 in 1999–00 (72 games). Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Philadelphia by 21.

UTA over MIA2ORL over NJN3MIN over BOS4NYK over CHI5SAC over PHX7TOR over LAC9LAL over SAS9DET over CLE10IND over VAN10PHI over CHH21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 32, 22, 31, 29, 29, 37, 17, 43LAL vs SAS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 22, 19, 26, 7, 21, 21, 29, 37PHI vs CHH · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 33, 14, 15, 28, 16, 27, 23, 36LAL vs SAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 24, 20, 24, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31ORL vs NJN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 16, 17, 21, 13, 7, 7, 21, 29MIN @ BOS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 15, 19, 22, 29, 27, 10, 33, 28VAN vs IND · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST