FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 5, 1999Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 13 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final · Box score
ORL100
LAL117
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +17
Final · Box score
DAL97
MIL103
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +6
Final · Box score
DEN80
NYK78
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
POR92
PHX90
Q1 POR -13; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +2
Final · Box score
CHH103
SEA81
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +5; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +22
Final · Box score
SAS92
TOR98
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +6
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 · POR @ PHX

Portland fights back from 13 down against Phoenix

Final: 92–90, after trailing by 13 after one. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-13-9+3+2POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1725292192
PHX3021172290
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 16, 14, 15, 12, 20, 12, 17, 21POR21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 12, 8, 10, 2, 9, 16, 2, 18POR18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 14, 16, 16, 5, 18, 19, 6, 19PHX19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 12, 15, 11, 21, 19, 25, 21, 19PHX19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Charlotte by 22.

DEN over NYK2POR over PHX2MIL over DAL6TOR over SAS6LAL over ORL17CHH over SEA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
37.91998–99 avg29.8Last 3

29.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 1998–99 (50 games). Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg21.2Today

21 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 39

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 34, 19, 16, 18, 22, 14, 23, 39TOR vs SAS · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 29, 35, 24, 20, 14, 30, 32, 29DAL @ MIL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 41, 37, 39, 30, 27, 28, 21, 27LAL vs ORL · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 26, 31, 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27SAS @ TOR · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 21, 4, 7, 13, 7, 17, 22, 26CHH @ SEA · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 17, 29, 21, 7, 19, 10, 12, 24LAL vs ORL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST