FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 16, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET85
MIA93
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +8
Final
TOR99
HOU114
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +15
Final
LAC91
MIL112
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +26; Q4 MIL +21
Final
CLE83
POR103
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +20
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 16, 2000: 3 games. Top scorer: Clifford Robinson (PHX vs DEN), 50 points.
The lead · DET @ MIA

Miami takes care of Detroit

An 8-point win, 93–85. Anthony Mason led Miami with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+10+3+8MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2021261885
MIA2823192393
Who led
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 14, 18, 10, 24, 7, 24, 19, 23MIA23 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 12, 12, 16, 18, 14, 14, 19, 14MIA14 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 34, 35, 25, 33, 46, 34, 23, 35, 41, 28DET28 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 9, 28, 7, 8, 12, 12, 18, 12DET12 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · TOR @ HOU

Houston leads Toronto wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 114–99. Best quarter: the third, 32–25. Cuttino Mobley led Houston with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over DET8HOU over TOR15POR over CLE20MIL over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 32

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 25, 18, 28, 17, 18, 12, 20, 32MIL vs LAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 10, 26, 31, 19, 20, 35, 22, 29MIL vs LAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 34, 35, 25, 33, 46, 34, 23, 35, 41, 28DET @ MIA · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 14, 21, 14, 27, 16, 13, 15, 26HOU vs TOR · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 10, 16, 12, 10, 6, 14, 15, 24HOU vs TOR · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 14, 18, 10, 24, 7, 24, 19, 23MIA vs DET · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 18 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+9.2 17.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+6.9 16.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jason TerryATL+6.3 24.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.0 27.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+5.9 16.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Gary PaytonSEA−5.2 17.8 last 10 · 23.1 season
Rasheed WallacePOR−5.2 14.5 last 10 · 19.7 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.9 17.1 last 10 · 22.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.1 15.3 last 10 · 19.4 season