FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 3, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed POR by 5 at halftime and won 84–79.

Final
LAC87
BOS96
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +9
Final
IND80
MIL92
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +12
Final
SAS97
VAN79
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +18
Final
WAS87
DET93
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +6
Final
POR79
PHX84
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
Final
GSW102
SEA118
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +16
Final
DAL97
LAL99
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +2
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 3, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Reggie Miller (IND @ UTA), 31 points.
The lead · POR @ PHX

Phoenix handles Portland by 5

The Suns won the third quarter 29–22. Final: 84–79. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-5+2+5PHX AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1917222179
PHX1813292484
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 15, 8, 18, 10, 34, 16, 29PHX29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 23, 23, 17, 13, 25, 18, 17, 20PHX20 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 37, 14, 18, 25, 18, 28, 22, 16POR16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4, 5, 11, 15POR15 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
22.71999–00 avg4.0Last 2

4.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.7 in 1999–00 (75 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee takes care of Indiana

A 12-point win, 92–80. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DAL2PHX over POR5DET over WAS6BOS over LAC9MIL over IND12SEA over GSW16SAS over VAN18Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over IND.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 51

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 21, 28, 17, 18, 24, 11, 20, 51GSW @ SEA · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +30.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high51 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 28, 18, 23, 26, 24, 27, 14, 38SEA vs GSW · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 22, 31, 29, 29, 37, 17, 43, 38LAL vs DAL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 19, 22, 11, 21, 10, 22, 24, 30SAS @ VAN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 15, 8, 18, 10, 34, 16, 29PHX vs POR · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 6 games: 16, 23, 15, 13, 28, 26IND @ MIL · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST