FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 9, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed DEN by 9 after the first quarter and won 96–88.

Final · OT
CHH96
IND99
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
ATL90
CLE97
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +7
Final
DEN88
NYK96
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +8
Final
LAC73
MIN85
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +12
Final
WAS91
MIL99
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +8
Final
CHI81
SAS105
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +24
Final
GSW114
UTA125
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +11
Final
DET83
POR114
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +32; Q4 POR +31
Final
HOU111
SEA104
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHI83
VAN79
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +4
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 9, 1999: 3 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs VAN), 42 points.
The lead · DEN @ NYK

New York rallies from 9 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 9 after one, New York outscored the Nuggets 74–57 the rest of the way. Final: 96–88. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-1+9+8NYK AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3116182388
NYK2224282296
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19, 8, 20, 29NYK29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 22, 15, 26, 37, 19, 17, 17, 21NYK21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 7, 27, 9, 30, 15, 5, 17, 11, 19, 24DEN24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24, 15, 28, 21DEN21 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Detroit by 31, the widest margin of 10 games.

IND over CHH3PHI over VAN4CLE over ATL7HOU over SEA7NYK over DEN8MIL over WAS8UTA over GSW11MIN over LAC12SAS over CHI24POR over DET31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
22.51999–00 avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 1999–00 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Rose 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.
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 13, 28, 26, 21, 18, 25, 36IND vs CHH · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 26, 24, 27, 14, 38, 29, 25, 35SEA vs HOU · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 13, 21, 13, 22, 30, 23, 17, 32ATL @ CLE · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19, 8, 20, 29NYK vs DEN · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 30, 18, 19, 21, 9, 26, 17, 28CHH @ IND · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 18, 20, 29, 10, 11, 24, 28, 27GSW @ UTA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Jason TerryATL+4.8 18.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.6 33.0 last 10 · 29.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+3.3 27.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+3.1 22.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Felipe LopezWAS+2.9 11.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.2 16.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−2.8 8.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Anthony PeelerMIN−2.8 5.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
George McCloudDEN−2.2 5.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Isaiah RiderLAL−2.0 6.2 last 10 · 8.2 season