FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 12, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DEN by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–85.

Final
IND90
TOR104
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +14
Final
DAL87
CLE92
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
MIN94
NJN116
Q1 NJN +12; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +22
Final
SAC99
ATL107
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MIA96
DEN85
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +11
Final
ORL92
SEA97
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +5
Final
POR101
GSW93
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +8
Final
MIL109
LAL105
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +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 12, 1999: 3 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ TOR), 28 points.
The lead · MIA @ DEN

Miami handles Denver by 11

The Heat won the third quarter 31–19. Final: 96–85. Eddie Jones led Miami with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+12+11MIA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1721312796
DEN2315192885
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 15, 25, 20, 18, 14, 23, 18, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 22, 20, 10, 12, 10, 15, 15MIA15 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 40, 37, 24, 15, 28, 21, 37, 22DEN22 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 5, 8, 6, 0, 10, 6, 10, 18DEN18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New Jersey by 22.

MIL over LAL4CLE over DAL5SEA over ORL5ATL over SAC8POR over GSW8MIA over DEN11TOR over IND14NJN over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jason Terry leads the day with 38

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.
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 21, 13, 22, 30, 23, 17, 32, 38ATL vs SAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 21, 11, 19, 16, 30, 15, 22, 35MIL @ LAL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 48, 20, 28, 25, 0, 29, 35, 33TOR vs IND · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 11, 20, 51, 51, 28, 26, 30GSW vs POR · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 25, 18, 28, 22, 16, 20, 14, 29POR @ GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 15, 25, 20, 18, 14, 23, 18, 28MIA @ DEN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+6.4 21.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.7 26.0 last 10 · 20.3 season
Hubert DavisDAL+3.5 13.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+3.2 27.6 last 10 · 24.4 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+3.1 14.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.1 16.3 last 10 · 21.4 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−2.2 13.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Juwan HowardWAS−2.0 12.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
P.J. BrownCHH−2.0 6.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Shawn MarionPHX−2.0 15.2 last 10 · 17.2 season