FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 18, 1999Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed HOU by 14 after the first quarter and won 128–110.

Final · Box score
LAL82
DEN93
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +11
Final · Box score
SAC128
HOU110
Q1 SAC -14; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +18
Final · Box score
SAS88
MIL99
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +11
Final · Box score
SEA110
VAN108
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +2
Final · Box score
TOR81
WAS92
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +11
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 · SAC @ HOU

Sacramento climbs out of a 14-point hole against Houston

Down 14 after one, the Kings won the third quarter 38–31 and the game 128–110. Jason Williams led Sacramento with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-5+2+18SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC23353832128
HOU37263116110
Who led
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 15, 17, 18, 16, 10, 23SAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 6 games: 11, 10, 7, 0, 3, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 13, 16, 15, 12, 15, 18, 13, 31HOU31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Charles BarkleyPoints, last 9 games: 13, 8, 18, 18, 5, 15, 18, 7, 16HOU16 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SEA @ VAN

Seattle takes over late to edge Vancouver

Down 6 after three, Seattle won the fourth 32–24. Final: 110–108. Vernon Maxwell led Seattle with 27 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over VAN2DEN over LAL11MIL over SAS11WAS over TOR11SAC over HOU18Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over VAN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
28.21998–99 avg15.5Last 2

15.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.2 in 1998–99 (49 games). Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 23, 28, 21, 30, 27, 6, 23, 34, 36LAL @ DEN · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 8 games: 19, 19, 27, 22, 21, 19, 24, 31VAN vs SEA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 13, 16, 15, 12, 15, 18, 13, 31HOU vs SAC · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 14, 15, 19, 22, 22, 32, 22, 29SAS @ MIL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Vernon MaxwellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 18, 11, 24, 10, 7, 21, 12, 27SEA @ VAN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 9 games: 19, 31, 26, 18, 24, 20, 22, 19, 26MIL vs SAS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST