FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 4, 2000Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–98.

Final
LAC78
NYK106
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +28; Q4 NYK +28
Final
PHI98
DEN105
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +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 4, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ ATL), 33 points.
The lead · PHI @ DEN

Denver upsets Philadelphia

Denver (9–8) beat Philadelphia (14–2) 105–98. Raef LaFrentz led Denver with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists. Allen Iverson scored 37 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-60+7+7DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3123242098
DEN25293120105
Who led
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 2, 25, 16, 11, 25DEN25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 21, 4, 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24DEN24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 26, 7, 21, 21, 29, 37, 27, 37PHI37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 21, 2, 12, 19, 18, 6, 12, 14PHI14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ NYK

New York leads Clippers wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 106–78. Best quarter: the second, 29–18. Glen Rice led New York with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs LAC
Glen Rice · NYKDarius Miles · LACPTS2113REB34AST10Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg24.1Today

24 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 26, 7, 21, 21, 29, 37, 27, 37PHI @ DEN · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 2, 25, 16, 11, 25DEN vs PHI · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 21, 4, 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24DEN vs PHI · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 5, 7, 9, 23, 12, 9, 10, 21NYK vs LAC · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 10, 14, 14, 9, 19, 11, 22, 19DEN vs PHI · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 22, 16, 20, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19NYK vs LAC · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST