FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 6, 2000Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed WAS by 17 at halftime and won 93–88.

Final
LAC93
WAS88
Q1 LAC -13; Q2 LAC -17; Q3 LAC -16; Q4 LAC +5
Final
IND88
CHH91
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH -4; Q3 CHH -9; Q4 CHH +3
Final
DEN78
MIA95
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +17
Final
MIL109
NJN87
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +22
Final
CLE92
CHI88
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +4
Final
NYK85
DAL94
Q1 DAL +21; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +9
Final
TOR88
POR95
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +7
Final
DET112
SEA99
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +13
Final · OT
LAL122
GSW125
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW -10; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +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 · 1999–00Dec 6, 1999: 5 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ PHI), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ WAS

Clippers erase 17-point lead, steal one from Washington

Washington led 47–30 at halftime. Clippers won the second half 63–41 to take it 93–88. Lamar Odom led Clippers with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-17-16+5LAC AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1119263793
WAS2423251688
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 14, 20, 16, 16, 17, 19, 7, 20LAC20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 7, 0, 0, 4, 6, 13, 12, 18LAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Felipe LopezPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 9, 10, 5, 11, 12, 9, 23, 15WAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rod StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 16, 5, 15, 17, 12, 22, 11, 14WAS14 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat New Jersey by 22.

CHH over IND3GSW over LAL3CLE over CHI4LAC over WAS5POR over TOR7DAL over NYK9DET over SEA13MIA over DEN17MIL over NJN22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.3Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 53 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

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: 16, 21, 28, 17, 18, 24, 11, 20, 51, 51GSW vs LAL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +28.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high51 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 29, 29, 37, 17, 43, 38, 36, 51LAL @ GSW · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high51 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 22, 32, 31, 37, 31, 24, 11, 41DET @ SEA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 27, 19, 10, 10, 20, 30, 16, 34CHI vs CLE · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 10, 24, 12, 32, 12, 30, 14, 32CHH vs IND · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 21, 37, 23, 21, 11, 19, 16, 30MIL @ NJN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Ruben PattersonSEA+3.7 14.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.3 33.3 last 10 · 29.9 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+2.9 11.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Scottie PippenPOR+2.2 10.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+2.1 20.8 last 10 · 18.8 season
Cold
Allan HoustonNYK−1.6 17.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−1.2 9.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Steven SmithPOR−1.2 13.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Patrick EwingSEA−0.8 8.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Shawn BradleyDAL−0.5 6.9 last 10 · 7.4 season