FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 10, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIA by 23 after the first quarter and won 101–97.

Final
PHX95
TOR87
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +8
Final · OT
DEN102
BOS104
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
DAL99
NJN73
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +26
Final
MIA97
SAC101
Q1 SAC -23; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +4
Final
DET88
LAL112
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +24
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 10, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (MIA @ SAC), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Sacramento storms back from 23 down to beat Miami

The Kings trailed by 23 after one and won 101–97. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-23-9+5+4SAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA4019162297
SAC17333021101
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 29, 24, 21, 25, 28, 30, 37, 19SAC19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 11, 11, 18, 6, 16, 12, 13, 15SAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 23, 16, 15, 18, 11, 13, 4, 25MIA25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 15, 24, 17, 16, 16, 15, 10, 19MIA19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DEN @ BOS

Boston needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Boston won the final period 13–11 for a 104–102 win. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs DEN
Paul Pierce · BOSAntonio McDyess · DENPTS2837REB718AST52Top 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
+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 13 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antonio McDyess 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.
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24, 15, 28, 21, 37DEN @ BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 37, 48, 20, 28, 25, 0, 29, 35TOR vs PHX · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 19, 17, 24, 25, 35, 12, 14, 31DAL @ NJN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 31, 37, 31, 24, 11, 41, 26, 30DET @ LAL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 41, 27, 20, 34, 25, 25, 23, 29, 28BOS vs DEN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 18, 28, 20, 19, 17, 26, 16, 26BOS vs DEN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 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
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.6 25.8 last 10 · 20.2 season
Jason TerryATL+4.8 18.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+3.3 27.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.2 32.5 last 10 · 29.3 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−2.1 5.7 last 10 · 7.8 season
Juwan HowardWAS−2.0 12.4 last 10 · 14.4 season