FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 26, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 101–96.

Final · OT
CLE110
CHH115
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH 0; OT1 CHH +5
Final
BOS96
DET101
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +5
Final
ATL81
NJN76
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SEA93
DAL114
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +21
Final
ORL77
MIL89
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +12
Final
TOR97
MIN100
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +3
Final
HOU95
SAS103
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +8
Final
LAC108
DEN109
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
PHI97
UTA91
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +6
Final
PHX97
VAN95
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
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 26, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ CLE), 36 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Jerry Stackhouse scores 33 in Detroit win over Boston

Final: 101–96. Jerry Stackhouse added 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-50+4+5DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3019192896
DET25242329101
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 41, 26, 30, 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33DET33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 23, 7, 16, 20, 14, 18, 12, 20DET20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 15, 15, 20, 20, 21, 23, 33, 26BOS26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 9, 14, 19, 30, 25, 31, 28, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Seattle by 21.

DEN over LAC1PHX over VAN2MIN over TOR3CHH over CLE5DET over BOS5ATL over NJN5PHI over UTA6SAS over HOU8MIL over ORL12DAL over SEA21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 38

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 15, 24, 25, 13, 18, 20, 22, 38DAL vs SEA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 37, 22, 19, 17, 29, 29, 19, 35DEN vs LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 41, 26, 30, 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33DET vs BOS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 33, 24, 15, 31, 33, 45, 20, 32TOR @ MIN · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 18, 11, 25, 19, 13, 25, 21, 32CHH vs CLE · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 22, 17, 22, 14, 28, 8, 30CLE @ CHH · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 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
Rick FoxLAL+5.2 13.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Jason TerryATL+5.2 20.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rodney RogersPHX+4.8 18.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−5.4 9.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.5 9.6 last 10 · 14.1 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.7 4.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Travis BestIND−3.5 10.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.3 21.6 last 10 · 24.9 season