FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 25, 2000Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–104.

Final
ORL93
IND103
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +10
Final
POR109
LAL104
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +5
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 25, 1999: 2 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs SAS), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ LAL

Rasheed Wallace scores 33, Portland rallies past Lakers

Portland trailed by 9 after one and won 109–104.

Game flow · POR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6-1+5POR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR21342529109
LAL30312023104
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 29, 25, 22, 20, 27, 25, 33POR33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 21, 13, 21, 15, 22, 2, 15, 27POR27 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 26, 26, 19, 28, 22, 25, 28, 32LAL32 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 25, 35, 17, 40, 23, 45, 35, 29LAL29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · ORL @ IND

Indiana leads Orlando wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 103–93. Best quarter: the third, 33–26. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs ORL
Jalen Rose · INDTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3143REB89AST51Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 29 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.5Season avg25.9Last 3

25.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg24.3Today

24 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 43

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 36, 14, 20, 39, 27, 31, 17, 43ORL @ IND · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 29, 25, 22, 20, 27, 25, 33POR @ LAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 26, 26, 19, 28, 22, 25, 28, 32LAL vs POR · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 24, 24, 31, 13, 42, 36, 22, 31IND vs ORL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 25, 35, 17, 40, 23, 45, 35, 29LAL vs POR · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 21, 13, 21, 15, 22, 2, 15, 27POR @ LAL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 9 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
Marc JacksonGSW+6.5 16.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+6.1 30.2 last 10 · 24.1 season
Jason TerryATL+5.8 21.2 last 10 · 15.4 season
Rick FoxLAL+5.2 13.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ron MercerCHI+4.0 23.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shawn MarionPHX−5.1 10.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Travis BestIND−3.5 10.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kendall GillNJN−2.9 7.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Malik RoseSAS−2.7 6.7 last 10 · 9.4 season