FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 19, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed SEA by 7 after the first quarter and won 98–93.

Final
NJN86
PHI97
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +11
Final
WAS79
TOR101
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +22
Final
MIL105
CHH98
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +7
Final
NYK97
DET91
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +6
Final
CLE88
DEN91
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
GSW103
PHX95
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +8
Final
MIN98
SEA93
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MIA97
VAN86
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +11
Final
HOU101
LAL114
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +13
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 19, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ UTA), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ SEA

Minnesota handles Seattle by 5

The Timberwolves won the third quarter 34–19. Final: 98–93. Anthony Peeler led Minnesota with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-7-7+8+5MIN AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2124341998
SEA2824192293
Who led
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 22, 28, 12, 5, 14, 8, 17, 24MIN24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 21, 19, 20, 12, 17, 10, 19, 21MIN21 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 18, 15, 19, 26, 25, 19, 19, 23SEA23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 4, 6, 0, 16, 2, 0, 0, 22SEA22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · HOU @ LAL

Lakers beat Houston by 13

The Lakers won 114–101 in Los Angeles. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 41 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over CLE3MIN over SEA5NYK over DET6MIL over CHH7GSW over PHX8PHI over NJN11MIA over VAN11LAL over HOU13TOR over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over HOU.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 41

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 18, 29, 24, 33, 34, 30, 31, 41LAL vs HOU · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 46, 34, 23, 35, 41, 28, 36, 37DET vs NYK · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 27, 25, 24, 19, 13, 12, 31, 34NYK @ DET · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 21, 13, 4, 8, 21, 33, 13, 30PHX vs GSW · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 38, 17, 31, 27, 32, 27, 26, 29LAL vs HOU · W
29.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 17, 24, 22, 23, 21, 12, 10, 27HOU @ LAL · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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+8.4 16.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+6.6 16.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.4 34.3 last 10 · 27.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 17.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jason TerryATL+6.2 24.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Gary PaytonSEA−5.7 17.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Rasheed WallacePOR−4.8 14.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Alan HendersonATL−3.9 9.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−3.9 8.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.9 7.8 last 10 · 11.7 season