FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 7, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SAS by 10 at halftime and won 86–83.

Final
DEN93
ORL103
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +10
Final
PHX104
MIL96
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +8
Final
WAS88
MIN105
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +17
Final
NYK86
SAS83
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +3
Final
VAN87
UTA98
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
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 7, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs CLE), 32 points.
The lead · NYK @ SAS

New York climbs back to beat San Antonio

San Antonio led by 10 at the half. New York won it 86–83. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-8-10-3+3NYK AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1724252086
SAS2526181483
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 20, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19, 8, 20NYK20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 9, 23, 12, 9, 10, 21, 0, 19NYK19 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 11, 21, 10, 22, 24, 30, 23, 28SAS28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 18, 15, 16, 14, 5, 9, 6, 15SAS15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIL

Phoenix fights back from 9 down against Milwaukee

Final: 104–96, after trailing by 9 at the half. Clifford Robinson led Phoenix with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs MIL
Clifford Robinson · PHXGlenn Robinson · MILPTS3526REB710AST52Top 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
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 36

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 40, 29, 36ORL vs DEN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 23, 17, 13, 25, 18, 17, 20, 35PHX @ MIL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 21, 4, 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24, 15, 28DEN @ ORL · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 11, 21, 10, 22, 24, 30, 23, 28SAS vs NYK · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 20, 21, 22, 25, 14, 24, 27, 26MIL vs PHX · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 13, 12, 2, 10, 7, 3, 2, 25PHX @ MIL · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Felipe LopezWAS+2.8 11.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
John AmaechiORL+2.4 13.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Scottie PippenPOR+2.2 10.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
George McCloudDEN−2.2 5.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−1.6 13.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rod StricklandWAS−1.4 13.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−1.2 9.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Steven SmithPOR−1.2 13.0 last 10 · 14.2 season