FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 31, 2000Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NJN77
CHI86
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +9
Final
DET96
WAS110
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NJN @ CHI

Elton Brand posts 31 and 16 as Chicago beats New Jersey

31 points and 16 rebounds in an 86–77 win.

Game flow · CHI 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+1+9+9+9CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2212162777
CHI2320162786
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 21, 22, 12, 31CHI31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 22, 20, 15, 25, 29, 33, 19, 18CHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 12, 37, 19, 27, 18NJN18 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Aaron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 12, 13, 14, 11, 12, 9, 20, 16NJN16 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DET @ WAS

Washington controls Detroit start to finish

Washington won 110–96, leading by as many as 16 at a break. Juwan Howard led Washington with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs DET
Juwan Howard · WASJerry Stackhouse · DETPTS3525REB73AST11Top 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
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 44 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Rebounding up
+4.0rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
8.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Top performances

Juwan Howard leads the day with 35

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.
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 31, 8, 34, 21, 8, 20, 19, 35WAS vs DET · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 21, 22, 12, 31CHI vs NJN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33, 34, 35, 25DET @ WAS · L
28.7 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 11, 12, 30, 9, 7, 1, 17, 21WAS vs DET · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 2, 0, 2, 9, 6, 10, 2, 21DET @ WAS · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 22, 20, 15, 25, 29, 33, 19, 18CHI vs NJN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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