FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 11, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NYK by 12 at halftime and won 76–75.

Final
GSW96
ATL107
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +11
Final
POR83
CHH70
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +13
Final
ORL101
NJN87
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +14
Final
HOU76
NYK75
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -12; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +1
Final
DAL94
MIL102
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +8
Final
IND85
PHX93
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +8
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 11, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs MIA), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

Houston climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 12 at the half. Houston won it 76–75. Steve Francis led Houston with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final00-12-5+1HOU AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1812252176
NYK1824181575
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 8, 22, 20, 21, 26, 17, 24, 22HOU22 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 15, 15, 5, 15, 21, 21, 17, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 12, 14, 10, 8, 16, 11, 15, 18NYK18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 4, 27, 23, 27, 25, 24, 19, 13NYK13 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
37.61999–00 avg21.7Last 2

21.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 37.6 in 1999–00 (60 games). Today: 16 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · ORL @ NJN

Orlando handles New Jersey by 14

The Magic won the first quarter 30–24. Final: 101–87. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 36 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over NYK1MIL over DAL8PHX over IND8ATL over GSW11POR over CHH13ORL over NJN14Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over NJN.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 36

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 43, 26, 26, 19, 17, 36, 30, 25, 36ORL @ NJN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 38, 25, 32, 35, 20, 25, 30, 26, 30DAL @ MIL · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 12, 10, 20, 16, 11, 23, 7, 27PHX vs IND · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 9, 9, 16, 13, 18, 11, 30, 24IND @ PHX · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 17, 20, 25, 29, 28, 22, 28, 23DAL @ MIL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 10, 9, 17, 0, 19, 12, 18, 23CHH vs POR · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Chris WhitneyWAS+8.1 15.3 last 10 · 7.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+7.1 28.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+6.0 28.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+6.0 14.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason TerryATL+5.5 22.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Gary PaytonSEA−5.4 17.6 last 10 · 23.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.2 7.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.1 11.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Jim JacksonCLE−3.8 9.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.8 18.3 last 10 · 22.1 season