FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 18, 1999Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAS by 11 after the first quarter and won 86–84.

Final · Box score
UTA106
ATL96
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
ORL83
CHI74
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +9
Final · Box score
NJN98
CLE74
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +24
Final · Box score
MIN108
DAL104
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +4
Final · Box score
SAS84
DEN86
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
PHI91
DET104
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +13
Final · Box score
BOS94
HOU100
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +6
Final · Box score
CHH106
MIA89
Q1 CHH +8; Q2 CHH -5; Q3 CHH +3; Q4 CHH +17
Final · Box score
IND95
MIL109
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +14
Final · Box score
WAS95
NYK83
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +12
Final · Box score
SAC103
PHX119
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +27; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +16
Final · Box score
VAN89
SEA112
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +23
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 · SAS @ DEN

Denver climbs out of an 11-point hole against San Antonio

Down 11 after one, the Nuggets won the fourth quarter 27–26 and the game 86–84. Ron Mercer led Denver with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11-3+1+2DEN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2216202684
DEN1124242786
Who led
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 27, 26, 16, 23, 2, 9, 25, 25DEN25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 4, 14, 6, 18DEN18 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 27, 30, 42, 23, 29, 20, 30, 33SAS33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Terry PorterPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 4, 2, 0, 3, 6, 11, 7, 12SAS12 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Second story · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee makes it three straight

Milwaukee beat Indiana 109–95 and moved to 14–10. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · MIL
Lvs NYK80–84W@ CHI92–91Wvs DAL103–97Lvs DET112–116L@ NJN90–107W@ TOR107–91Lvs DEN99–101W@ ORL116–99W@ MIA96–95Wvs IND109–95MIL: last 10 games through Dec 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 33

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 27, 30, 42, 23, 29, 20, 30, 33SAS @ DEN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 32, 29, 21, 28, 34, 27, 16, 33UTA @ ATL · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 21, 19, 10, 31, 28, 15, 23, 33PHX vs SAC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 10, 29, 9, 19, 18, 32, 27PHX vs SAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 14 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 20, 22, 26, 12, 22, 17, 28, 27MIN @ DAL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Kelvin CatoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 8, 7, 5, 4, 2, 4, 7, 27HOU vs BOS · W
7.8 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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
Mitch RichmondWAS+6.4 22.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Isaiah RiderATL+5.1 28.7 last 10 · 23.6 season
Hubert DavisDAL+3.5 12.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.4 27.4 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cold
Vernon MaxwellSEA−6.1 7.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Doug ChristieTOR−3.5 9.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.2 19.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Lamar OdomLAC−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Detlef SchrempfPOR−2.9 6.1 last 10 · 9.0 season