FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 19, 2000Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 6 after the first quarter and won 86–79.

Final
UTA95
TOR103
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +8
Final
NYK77
ATL87
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +10
Final
LAL81
MIA79
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +2
Final
IND90
CHI85
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +5
Final
SAS86
HOU79
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DET89
PHX84
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +5
Final
MIN99
GSW120
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +21
Final
WAS72
SAC106
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +34
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 19, 1999: 3 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs LAL), 29 points.
The lead · SAS @ HOU

San Antonio handles Houston by 7

The Spurs won the fourth quarter 30–26. Final: 86–79. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-2+3+7SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1420223086
HOU2016172679
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 23, 28, 17, 13, 15, 17, 17, 25SAS25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 6, 15, 16, 18, 26, 11, 15, 15SAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 9, 10, 10, 17, 12, 6, 6, 17HOU17 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Moochie NorrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 7, 13, 14, 6, 7, 6, 4, 17HOU17 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.2Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Washington by 34, the widest margin of 8 games.

LAL over MIA2IND over CHI5DET over PHX5SAS over HOU7TOR over UTA8ATL over NYK10GSW over MIN21SAC over WAS34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 35

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 11, 41, 26, 30, 30, 29, 24, 35DET @ PHX · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 0, 29, 35, 33, 24, 15, 31, 33TOR vs UTA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 0, 6, 11, 20, 27, 15, 26, 31GSW vs MIN · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 25, 24, 23, 23, 21, 26, 34, 29MIN @ GSW · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 51, 51, 28, 26, 30, 23, 18, 26GSW vs MIN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 23, 28, 17, 13, 15, 17, 17, 25SAS @ HOU · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 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+7.4 22.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.9 26.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Howard EisleyDAL+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.3 28.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Metta World PeaceCHI+4.0 16.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−4.8 10.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.6 17.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−2.9 22.3 last 10 · 25.2 season
Vince CarterTOR−2.6 25.3 last 10 · 27.9 season
Walt WilliamsHOU−2.5 6.5 last 10 · 9.0 season