FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 16, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed BOS by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–87.

Final
NJN89
ATL83
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
BOS87
CHH99
Q1 CHH -7; Q2 CHH -4; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +12
Final
UTA92
CLE99
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final · OT
IND110
MIN113
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final
PHI99
CHI91
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +8
Final
DEN102
HOU100
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +2
Final
PHX82
SAS90
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +8
Final
MIA93
GSW85
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +8
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 16, 1999: 7 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN vs SAC), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHH

Charlotte makes it three straight

Charlotte beat Boston 99–87 and moved to 16–9. Jamal Mashburn led Charlotte with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+5+12CHH AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2526171987
CHH1829262699
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 9, 26, 17, 28, 33, 21, 20CHH20 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 30, 14, 32, 20, 18, 11, 25, 19CHH19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 19, 17, 26, 16, 26, 15, 15, 20BOS20 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 25, 25, 23, 29, 28, 9, 14, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NJN @ ATL

New Jersey beats Atlanta by 6

The Nets won 89–83 in Atlanta. Stephon Marbury led New Jersey with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over HOU2MIN over IND3NJN over ATL6CLE over UTA7PHI over CHI8SAS over PHX8MIA over GSW8CHH over BOS12Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
24.31999–00 avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 1999–00 (65 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 34

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 21, 25, 24, 23, 23, 21, 26, 34MIN vs IND · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 37, 27, 30, 18, 26, 25, 26, 33PHI @ CHI · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 21, 18, 25, 36, 22, 24, 24, 31IND @ MIN · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 10, 13, 8, 9, 17, 16, 10, 30IND @ MIN · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 20, 20, 15, 5, 16, 19, 9, 29CHI vs PHI · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 22, 24, 36, 20, 21, 15, 16, 26HOU vs DEN · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 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
Jason TerryATL+7.1 22.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.9 26.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Howard EisleyDAL+4.4 14.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Ron MercerCHI+4.2 22.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.2 28.2 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.7 17.6 last 10 · 21.3 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.3 8.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
John StarksUTA−2.7 7.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Malik RoseSAS−2.3 7.7 last 10 · 10.0 season