FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 1999Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Spurs trailed Grizzlies by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final · Box score
Wizards85
Suns99
Q1 Suns +10; Q2 Suns +16; Q3 Suns +17; Q4 Suns +14
Final · Box score
Wolves86
Blazers90
Q1 Blazers +5; Q2 Blazers +9; Q3 Blazers +8; Q4 Blazers +4
Final · Box score
Grizzlies91
Spurs99
Q1 Spurs -7; Q2 Spurs -1; Q3 Spurs +5; Q4 Spurs +8
The lead · Grizzlies-Spurs

Tim Duncan scores 42 as San Antonio beats Vancouver

Kevin Garnett goes for 26 points

Game flow · Spurs margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+5+8Spurs AHEAD ↑Grizzlies AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2416272491
Spurs1722332799
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27, 30, 42Spurs42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 10, 10, 11, 27, 15, 7, 6, 19Spurs19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 6, 23, 24, 15, 24, 26, 30Grizzlies30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Othella HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 16, 18, 13, 15, 6, 18, 16, 18Grizzlies18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wolves-Blazers

Portland leads Minnesota wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 90–86. Best quarter: the third, 27–28. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Blazers over Wolves4Spurs over Grizzlies8Suns over Wizards14Final margin, points. Pink = Blazers over Wolves.
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Spurs combined for 190, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 91, Spurs 99
190
Wizards-SunsWizards 85, Suns 99
184
Wolves-BlazersWolves 86, Blazers 90
176
Blazers won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Wolves-BlazersWolves 86, Blazers 90
+4 Blazers
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 91, Spurs 99
+8 Spurs
Wizards-SunsWizards 85, Suns 99
+14 Suns
Gugliotta shot 13-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GugliottaSuns · 27 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST
76% (13-17)
DuncanSpurs · 42 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
68% (15-22)
Clifford RobinsonSuns · 31 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
65% (11-17)
PippenBlazers · 15 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
64% (7-11)
HarringtonGrizzlies · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
Final · Wolves-Blazers
Wolves 86Blazers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1913282686
Blazers2417272290
The story
Rasheed Wallace's 23 points carried Portland past Minnesota, 90-86

For Minnesota, Joe Smith had 12 PTS, 5 REB 23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 7-9 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 24-19, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

Blazers lead by quarter
200 +5+9+8+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Spurs
Grizzlies 91Spurs 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2416272491
Spurs1722332799
The story
David Robinson had 19 points as San Antonio beat Vancouver 99-91

Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 30 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 19 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 6-11 FG

The swing

Down 7 after the first, the Spurs took the second 22-16.

Spurs lead by quarter
200 −7−1+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Suns
Wizards 85Suns 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards1819291985
Suns2825301699
The story
Phoenix beat Washington 99-85 behind 27 points from Tom Gugliotta

Aaron Williams paced Washington: 12 PTS, 5 REB 27 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 13-17 FG

The swing

A 28-18 first quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

Suns lead by quarter
200 +10+16+17+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 19.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 42

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 17, 28, 26, 14, 27, 30, 42Spurs-Grizzlies · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 11, 21, 19, 25, 21, 19, 10, 31Suns-Wizards · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 6, 23, 24, 15, 24, 26, 30Grizzlies-Spurs · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 5, 18, 19, 6, 19, 2, 27Suns-Wizards · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 11, 15, 20, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26Wolves-Blazers · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 12, 20, 12, 17, 21, 14, 23Blazers-Wolves · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mitch RichmondWizards+3.9 18.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Hubert DavisMavs+3.7 11.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Aaron McKieSixers+3.5 14.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Tim DuncanSpurs+3.2 26.4 last 10 · 23.2 season
Cuttino MobleyRockets+2.7 16.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Billy OwensSixers−1.8 5.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Walt WilliamsRockets−1.4 6.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Allan HoustonKnicks−1.3 19.6 last 10 · 20.9 season
Steven SmithBlazers−1.2 14.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Detlef SchrempfBlazers−1.1 8.1 last 10 · 9.2 season