FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 2, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SEA by 6 at halftime and won 91–83.

Final
MIN108
WAS115
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +7
Final
BOS81
ATL92
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +11
Final
HOU100
CLE95
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +5
Final
NJN120
ORL110
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +18; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +10
Final
MIL104
CHI70
Q1 MIL +21; Q2 MIL +25; Q3 MIL +33; Q4 MIL +34
Final
MIA72
SAS80
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +8
Final
IND91
SEA83
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +8
Final
TOR97
LAC110
Q1 LAC +17; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final · OT
PHX117
SAC121
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 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 · 1999–00Jan 2, 2000: 1 game. Top scorer: Voshon Lenard (MIA vs ORL), 24 points.
The lead · IND @ SEA

Indiana takes care of Seattle

An 8-point win, 91–83. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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+1-6-1+8IND AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2717242391
SEA2624191483
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 11, 5, 12, 19, 7, 12, 11, 20IND20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 19, 10, 9, 5, 4, 12, 13, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 15, 21, 18, 3, 11, 14, 14SEA14 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 2, 9, 14, 20, 12, 11, 15, 14SEA14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Chicago by 34, the widest margin of 9 games.

SAC over PHX4HOU over CLE5WAS over MIN7SAS over MIA8IND over SEA8NJN over ORL10ATL over BOS11LAC over TOR13MIL over CHI34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 53 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg46.0Today

46 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Tony Delk leads the day with 53

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.
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 20, 6, 9, 26, 12, 12, 15, 53PHX @ SAC · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +41.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high53 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 12, 15, 5, 8, 16, 13, 4, 34SAC vs PHX · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 10, 7, 18, 21, 11, 18, 33, 33SAC vs PHX · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 13, 17, 19, 19, 18, 31, 28, 32ATL vs BOS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 22, 20, 20, 22, 21, 16, 21, 31MIN @ WAS · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 30, 25, 31, 28, 19, 25, 15, 30BOS @ ATL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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
Rick FoxLAL+5.1 13.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.0 21.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Darius MilesLAC+4.8 13.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−4.8 10.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.5 8.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.1 13.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.8 3.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.4 16.5 last 10 · 19.9 season