FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 17, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed VAN by 4 after the first quarter and won 101–91.

Final · OT
LAL104
TOR101
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
Final
ORL101
VAN91
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +10
Final · OT
MIL97
NYK100
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +3
Final
DAL99
DET90
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SAC95
NJN79
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +16
Final
WAS103
LAC94
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +9
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 17, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (PHX @ POR), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ VAN

Orlando gets past Vancouver

101–91, with Orlando ahead 52–49 at halftime. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+3+8+10ORL AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL24283019101
VAN2821251791
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 31, 40, 29, 36, 14, 20, 39, 27ORL27 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
John AmaechiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 4, 12, 16, 2, 4, 9, 10, 18ORL18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 9, 13, 18, 17, 16, 17, 12, 19VAN19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Othella HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 6, 13, 6, 8, 5, 15, 4, 15VAN15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

LAL over TOR3NYK over MIL3DAL over DET9WAS over LAC9ORL over VAN10SAC over NJN16Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 43, 38, 36, 51, 19, 26, 25, 35, 17, 40LAL @ TOR · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 28, 30, 37, 19, 22, 25, 30, 33SAC @ NJN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 10, 21, 0, 19, 8, 10, 6, 32NYK vs MIL · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 25, 0, 29, 35, 33, 24, 15, 31TOR vs LAL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 14, 11, 12, 6, 11, 7, 15, 31WAS @ LAC · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 13, 7, 14, 22, 19, 11, 12, 30WAS @ LAC · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+5.5 15.4 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
Stephon MarburyNJN−2.9 22.3 last 10 · 25.2 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−2.9 9.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
John StarksUTA−2.7 7.4 last 10 · 10.1 season