FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 30, 2000Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
ORL95
BOS90
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +5
Final
HOU114
DAL99
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final
CHH102
SEA104
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +2
Final · OT
MIA110
DET102
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +8
Final
SAS89
IND77
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +12
Final
NYK88
MIN79
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +9
Final · OT
PHI107
SAC104
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
TOR103
PHX109
Q1 PHX -11; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIL113
DEN120
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +7
Final
GSW102
VAN101
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +1
Final · OT
LAL116
LAC114
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 30, 1999: 11 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs ATL), 33 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 11 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 11 after one, Phoenix outscored the Raptors 91–74 the rest of the way. Final: 109–103. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Vince Carter scored 46 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-11-5+7+6PHX AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR29212231103
PHX18273430109
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 12, 17, 13, 12, 14, 28, 15, 27PHX27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 17, 0, 8, 5, 13, 12, 10, 20PHX20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 15, 31, 33, 45, 20, 32, 25, 46TOR46 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Charles OakleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 12, 12, 8, 8, 8, 10, 10, 17TOR17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 15.

GSW over VAN1SEA over CHH2LAL over LAC2PHI over SAC3ORL over BOS5PHX over TOR6DEN over MIL7MIA over DET8NYK over MIN9SAS over IND12HOU over DAL15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 52 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 46

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: 30, 18, 26, 25, 26, 33, 45, 19, 29, 46PHI @ SAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 15, 31, 33, 45, 20, 32, 25, 46TOR @ PHX · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 23, 18, 26, 23, 26, 36, 13, 35GSW @ VAN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 37, 22, 19, 17, 29, 29, 19, 35, 22, 35DEN vs MIL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33, 34, 35DET vs MIA · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 16, 10, 7, 18, 21, 11, 18, 33SAC vs PHI · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+8.4 18.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jason TerryATL+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Rick FoxLAL+5.1 13.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+4.7 26.4 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−5.3 10.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.2 9.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.8 3.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Travis BestIND−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.1 9.9 last 10 · 13.0 season