FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 5, 2000Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed SAS by 6 at halftime and won 81–75.

Final · Box score
NJN64
IND88
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +24
Final · Box score
MIA100
ATL92
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +8
Final · Box score
CHH66
CLE71
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
BOS98
ORL101
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +3
Final · Box score
CHI90
MIN100
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
SAS75
SAC81
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +6
Final · Box score
DAL102
HOU109
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +7
Final · Box score
TOR84
UTA98
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +14
Final · Box score
DET83
VAN91
Q1 VAN +6; Q2 VAN 0; Q3 VAN +3; Q4 VAN +8
Final · Box score
PHI85
LAL96
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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
On this day · 1999–00Dec 5, 1999: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs SAS), 39 points.
The lead · SAS @ SAC

Chris Webber posts 30 and 10 as Sacramento beats San Antonio

30 points and 10 rebounds in an 81–75 win.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-60+6SAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2226141375
SAC2220201981
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 35, 23, 29, 24, 21, 25, 28, 30SAC30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 0, 11, 11, 11, 18, 6, 16, 12SAC12 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 22, 11, 21, 10, 22, 24, 30, 23SAS23 PTS · 23 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 10, 14, 12, 12, 10, 16, 11, 15SAS15 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
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
12.1Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
22.71999–00 avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 1999–00 (75 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · BOS @ ORL

Orlando wins a tight one over Boston

101–98. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over BOS3CLE over CHH5SAC over SAS6HOU over DAL7MIA over ATL8VAN over DET8MIN over CHI10LAL over PHI11UTA over TOR14IND over NJN24Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over BOS.
Top performances

Steve Francis 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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 25, 20, 6, 15, 13, 22, 24, 36HOU vs DAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 31, 29, 29, 37, 17, 43, 38, 36LAL vs PHI · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 20, 12, 24, 19, 17, 24, 25, 35DAL @ HOU · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 13, 20, 24, 21, 27, 27, 14, 31UTA vs TOR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 35, 23, 29, 24, 21, 25, 28, 30SAC vs SAS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 24, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 40, 29ORL vs BOS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST