FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 8, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 6 after the first quarter and won 88–78.

Final
POR98
BOS90
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +8
Final
NJN90
CLE92
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +2
Final
GSW78
MIA88
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +10
Final
DAL104
CHI91
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +13
Final
IND85
LAC82
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +3
Final
MIN97
SAC100
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +3
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 8, 2000: 12 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs MIN), 40 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIA

Miami makes it three straight

Miami beat Golden State 88–78 and moved to 21–15. Anthony Mason led Miami with 24 points, 10 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+5+18+10MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2411162778
MIA1822291988
Who led
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 10, 10, 19, 20, 14, 18, 10, 24MIA24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 18, 15, 4, 16, 12, 12, 16, 18MIA18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 26, 36, 13, 35, 26, 25, 27, 27GSW27 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 15, 20, 20, 8, 13, 9, 5, 17GSW17 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 13.

CLE over NJN2IND over LAC3SAC over MIN3POR over BOS8MIA over GSW10DAL over CHI13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 32 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 30

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 38, 25, 32, 35, 20, 25, 30DAL @ CHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 37, 19, 27, 18, 30, 27, 22, 27NJN @ CLE · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 26, 36, 13, 35, 26, 25, 27, 27GSW @ MIA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 22, 21, 16, 21, 31, 13, 11, 26MIN @ SAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 19, 25, 15, 30, 16, 36, 20, 25BOS vs POR · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 10, 10, 19, 20, 14, 18, 10, 24MIA vs GSW · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 10 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
Allen IversonPHI+6.5 33.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Marc JacksonGSW+5.9 17.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.7 26.5 last 10 · 20.8 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+5.6 12.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.6 22.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.5 7.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.9 12.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.9 14.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Gary PaytonSEA−4.0 19.3 last 10 · 23.3 season
Travis BestIND−3.7 10.2 last 10 · 13.9 season