FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 20, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 14 after the first quarter and won 91–89.

Final
NJN86
BOS99
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +13
Final · OT
TOR99
IND98
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final
MIA56
CHH65
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +14; Q4 CHH +9
Final
POR101
DAL106
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +5
Final
UTA91
PHI89
Q1 UTA -14; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 UTA +2
Final
CLE77
SAS94
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +17
Final
DET106
DEN108
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +2
Final
SAC85
SEA89
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA -13; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +4
Final
WAS104
VAN118
Q1 VAN -2; Q2 VAN +7; Q3 VAN +11; Q4 VAN +14
Final
MIN96
LAC103
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +7
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 20, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ BOS), 34 points.
The lead · UTA @ PHI

Karl Malone scores 41 as Utah beats Philadelphia

Utah won 91–89. Karl Malone: 41 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists. Allen Iverson scored 45 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-9-7+2UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1424233091
PHI2819212189
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 18, 25, 19, 35, 18, 13, 12, 41UTA41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Danny ManningPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 9, 9, 2, 6, 2, 3, 2, 16UTA16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 27, 30, 18, 26, 25, 26, 33, 45PHI45 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 19, 10, 14, 12, 9, 14, 13PHI13 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 17.

TOR over IND1UTA over PHI2DEN over DET2SEA over SAC4DAL over POR5LAC over MIN7CHH over MIA9BOS over NJN13VAN over WAS14SAS over CLE17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 45

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 27, 30, 18, 26, 25, 26, 33, 45PHI vs UTA · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 0, 29, 35, 33, 24, 15, 31, 33, 45TOR @ IND · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 25, 36, 22, 24, 24, 31, 13, 42IND vs TOR · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 18, 25, 19, 35, 18, 13, 12, 41UTA @ PHI · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 12, 6, 11, 7, 15, 31, 8, 34WAS @ VAN · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 41, 26, 30, 30, 29, 24, 35, 30DET @ DEN · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Howard EisleyDAL+4.6 14.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+4.5 24.9 last 10 · 20.4 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
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.5 21.7 last 10 · 25.2 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−3.1 11.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Reggie MillerIND−2.9 18.0 last 10 · 20.9 season
Tim HardawayMIA−2.7 12.3 last 10 · 15.0 season