FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 29, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–91.

Final
CLE97
ATL85
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +12
Final
WAS91
MIA98
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +7
Final
CHI68
NYK95
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +27
Final
VAN81
POR104
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +23
Final
UTA89
GSW100
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +11
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 29, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL @ CHH), 36 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIA

Miami climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 8 after one. Miami won it 98–91. Eddie Jones led Miami with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-80+3+7MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2223232391
MIA1431262798
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 14, 17, 14, 7, 31, 31, 22, 31MIA31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 8, 12, 9, 7, 26, 15, 8, 25MIA25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 15, 31, 8, 34, 21, 8, 20, 19WAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 19, 11, 12, 30, 9, 7, 1, 17WAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · UTA @ GSW

Golden State never trails at a break against Utah

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–89. Larry Hughes led Golden State with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over WAS7GSW over UTA11CLE over ATL12POR over VAN23NYK over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 18, 12, 10, 10, 19, 20, 25, 32NYK vs CHI · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 14, 17, 14, 7, 31, 31, 22, 31MIA vs WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 14, 18, 12, 24, 14, 26, 10, 29VAN @ POR · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 38, 17, 17, 13, 17, 19, 19, 18, 31, 28ATL vs CLE · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 8, 12, 9, 7, 26, 15, 8, 25MIA vs WAS · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 12, 8, 14, 5, 8, 18, 22, 22CLE @ ATL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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+8.1 18.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jason TerryATL+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Rick FoxLAL+4.8 12.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Aaron McKiePHI+4.4 15.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+4.3 13.5 last 10 · 9.2 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