FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 2, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 10 at halftime and won 103–91.

Final · Box score
ATL69
NYK94
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +25
Final · Box score
IND88
DAL94
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
MIN91
SAS103
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +12
Final · Box score
MIL93
HOU115
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +22
Final · Box score
GSW97
DEN101
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +4
Final · Box score
POR82
PHX108
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +26
Final · Box score
VAN99
LAC91
Q1 VAN +7; Q2 VAN +13; Q3 VAN +14; Q4 VAN +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1999–00Nov 2, 1999: 13 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ MIA), 41 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 10 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 10 at the half, San Antonio outscored the Timberwolves 58–36 the rest of the way. Final: 103–91. Derek Anderson led San Antonio with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-1-100+12SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2431191791
SAS23222929103
Who led
Derek AndersonPoints, last 2 games: 9, 29SAS29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 16, 24SAS24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 2 games: 28, 21MIN21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 2 games: 22, 19MIN19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
8.91999–00 avg22.5Last 2

22.5 points a game over his last two games, against 8.9 in 1999–00 (82 games). Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
29.81999–00 avg9.0Last 2

9.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.8 in 1999–00 (68 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
22.91999–00 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 1999–00 (81 games). Line: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Phoenix by 26.

DEN over GSW4DAL over IND6VAN over LAC8SAS over MIN12HOU over MIL22NYK over ATL25PHX over POR26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Travis Best leads the day with 30

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.
Travis BestPoints, last 2 games: 15, 30IND @ DAL · L
22.5 PPG season to date
Career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 2 games: 9, 29SAS vs MIN · W
19.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Walt WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 8, 28HOU vs MIL · W
18.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 2 games: 3, 25HOU vs MIL · W
14.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 16, 24SAS vs MIN · W
20.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 2 games: 11, 24MIL @ HOU · L
17.5 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST