FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 4, 1999Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIA by 5 after the first quarter and won 97–86.

Final · Box score
MIL119
ATL109
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +10
Final · Box score
IND89
CHH98
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +20; Q4 CHH +9
Final · Box score
PHI80
PHX84
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +4
Final · Box score
GSW81
SAS104
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +23
Final · Box score
DAL96
SEA106
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +10
Final · Box score
MIA86
TOR97
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Box score
HOU82
UTA98
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +16
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIA @ TOR

Toronto handles Miami by 11

The Raptors won the fourth quarter 31–17. Final: 97–86. Doug Christie led Toronto with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+7-3+11TOR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2515291786
TOR2027193197
Who led
Doug ChristiePoints, last 2 games: 20, 28TOR28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 2 games: 12, 24TOR24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 2 games: 14, 18MIA18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 2 games: 9, 17MIA17 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.8points, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
10.71998–99 avg25.5Last 2

25.5 points a game over his last two games, against 10.7 in 1998–99 (46 games). Today: 22 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.11998–99 avg5.3Last 2

5.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.1 in 1998–99 (29 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
6.21998–99 avg26.8Today

27 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 1998–99 (23 games). Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · PHI @ PHX

Phoenix leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 84–80. Best quarter: the first, 26–23. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over PHI4CHH over IND9MIL over ATL10SEA over DAL10TOR over MIA11UTA over HOU16SAS over GSW23Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over PHI.
Top performances

Cedric Ceballos leads the day with 34

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.
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 2 games: 27, 34DAL @ SEA · L
30.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 2 games: 19, 31MIL @ ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 2 games: 20, 28TOR vs MIA · W
24.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 2 games: 35, 24MIL @ ATL · W
29.5 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 2 games: 12, 24TOR vs MIA · W
18.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 2 games: 17, 22SEA vs DAL · W
19.5 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST