FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 11, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed NYK by 12 after the first quarter and won 93–90.

Final · Box score
SEA109
CLE103
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +6
Final · Box score
TOR123
DET106
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
ORL101
IND116
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +15
Final · Box score
DAL105
MIA128
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +24; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +23
Final · Box score
NYK90
MIN93
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +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
The lead · NYK @ MIN

Kevin Garnett scores 35, Minnesota rallies past New York

Minnesota trailed by 12 after one and won 93–90.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-12-6-8+3MIN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3120231690
MIN1926212793
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 3 games: 34, 31, 35MIN35 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 3 games: 7, 14, 23MIN23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 6 games: 18, 23, 29, 22, 30, 29NYK29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 6 games: 17, 19, 13, 22, 21, 20NYK20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · SEA @ CLE

Seattle beats Cleveland, 109–103

Seattle led 85–73 after three and won by 6. Gary Payton led Seattle with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over NYK3SEA over CLE6IND over ORL15TOR over DET17MIA over DAL23Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
20.81998–99 avg33.3Last 3

33.3 points a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 1998–99 (47 games). Today: 35 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
23.71998–99 avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 1998–99 (31 games). Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 27.9 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 35

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 3 games: 34, 31, 35MIN vs NYK · W
33.3 PPG season to date
Career high35 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 5 games: 21, 17, 21, 12, 34MIA vs DAL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 6 games: 18, 23, 29, 22, 30, 29NYK @ MIN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 6 games: 22, 10, 22, 28, 20, 27SEA @ CLE · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 6 games: 41, 30, 23, 18, 16, 25DET vs TOR · L
25.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 6 games: 17, 22, 20, 11, 15, 24SEA @ CLE · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST