FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 28, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NJN by 8 after three quarters and won 112–111.

Final
MIL107
CLE89
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +18
Final
BOS112
NJN111
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -8; Q4 BOS +1
Final
DET96
ORL102
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +6
Final
LAC96
DAL105
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +9
Final
ATL81
MIN88
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +7
Final · OT
POR103
UTA102
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +1
Final
SAS104
CHI105
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +1
Final
TOR94
DEN93
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +1
Final
LAL115
PHX78
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +26; Q4 LAL +37
Final
CHH87
SAC91
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +4
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 28, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ HOU), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ NJN

Boston climbs out of an 8-point hole against New Jersey

Down 8 after three, the Celtics won the fourth quarter 33–24 and the game 112–111. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-4-2-8+1BOS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS29242633112
NJN33223224111
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 14, 19, 30, 25, 31, 28, 19, 25BOS25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 15, 20, 20, 21, 23, 33, 26, 23BOS23 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 12, 37, 19, 27NJN27 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Aaron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 13, 12, 13, 14, 11, 12, 9, 20NJN20 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 0 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 37.

BOS over NJN1POR over UTA1CHI over SAS1TOR over DEN1SAC over CHH4ORL over DET6MIN over ATL7DAL over LAC9MIL over CLE18LAL over PHX37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 35, 17, 40, 23, 45, 35, 29, 38LAL @ PHX · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33, 34DET @ ORL · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 26, 27, 22, 20, 15, 25, 29, 33CHI vs SAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 13, 21, 15, 22, 2, 15, 27, 32POR @ UTA · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 17, 17, 13, 17, 19, 19, 18, 31ATL @ MIN · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 23, 18, 5, 9, 15, 12, 17, 28SAS @ CHI · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 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
Marc JacksonGSW+7.1 16.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jason TerryATL+6.0 22.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rick FoxLAL+4.8 12.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Aaron McKiePHI+4.4 15.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.1 28.7 last 10 · 24.6 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−5.2 9.9 last 10 · 15.1 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.4 9.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Hubert DavisDAL−4.0 3.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Travis BestIND−3.7 10.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.1 9.9 last 10 · 13.0 season