FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 12, 1999Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Knicks trailed Celtics by 2 after the first quarter and won 99–97.

Final · Box score
Pistons93
Lakers101
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 Lakers +7; Q3 Lakers +13; Q4 Lakers +8
Final · Box score
Celtics97
Knicks99
Q1 Knicks -2; Q2 Knicks +12; Q3 Knicks +12; Q4 Knicks +2
Final · Box score
Jazz103
Raptors88
Q1 Jazz +3; Q2 Jazz +8; Q3 Jazz +15; Q4 Jazz +15
The lead · Celtics-Knicks

New York holds off Boston, 99–97

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 24 rebounds

Game flow · Knicks margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+12+12+2Knicks AHEAD ↑Celtics AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2617183697
Knicks2431182699
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 15, 20, 25, 24, 15, 15, 6, 26Knicks26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 16, 6, 7, 14, 6, 15, 12, 23Knicks23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 15, 27, 16, 12, 14, 20, 16, 24Celtics24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 10, 22, 2, 14, 0, 8, 8, 21Celtics21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Pistons-Lakers

Lakers handle Detroit by 8

The Lakers won the second quarter 33–26. Final: 101–93. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Knicks over Celtics2Lakers over Pistons8Jazz over Raptors15Final margin, points. Pink = Lakers over Pistons.
The night in charts
Celtics-Knicks combined for 196, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 97, Knicks 99
196
Pistons-LakersPistons 93, Lakers 101
194
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 103, Raptors 88
191
Knicks won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 97, Knicks 99
+2 Knicks
Pistons-LakersPistons 93, Lakers 101
+8 Lakers
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 103, Raptors 88
+15 Jazz
Larry Johnson shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Larry JohnsonKnicks · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST
70% (7-10)
ShaqLakers · 24 REB, 22 PTS, 4 BLK, 1 AST
56% (10-18)
HoustonKnicks · 26 PTS, 3 REB
55% (11-20)
FoxLakers · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
50% (9-18)
MaloneJazz · 28 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
50% (8-16)
Final · Celtics-Knicks
Celtics 97Knicks 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2617183697
Knicks2431182699
The story
Larry Johnson had 23 points as New York beat Boston 99-97

Kenny Anderson led Boston with 18 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 7-10 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the first, the Knicks took the second 31-17.

Knicks lead by quarter
200 −2+12+12+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Antoine Walker led the game in fantasy with 39.8 FPTS (24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Pistons-Lakers
Pistons 93Lakers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2526132993
Lakers25331924101
The story
Kobe Bryant's 26 points carried Los Angeles past Detroit, 101-93

For Detroit, Jerry Stackhouse had 24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 11-24 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 33-26, was where the Lakers built it.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 0+7+13+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Raptors
Jazz 103Raptors 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz18203431103
Raptors1515273188
The story
Utah beat Toronto 103-88 behind 16 points from Jeff Hornacek

Vince Carter paced Toronto: 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 16 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 5-10 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

A 34-27 third quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

Jazz lead by quarter
200 +3+8+15+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.5Season avg31.0Last 3

31.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
Rick FoxLakers
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−9.8points, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
17.81998–99 avg8.0Last 2

8.0 points a game over his last two games, against 17.8 in 1998–99 (37 games). Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 28

Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 24, 27, 16, 29, 32, 29, 21, 28Jazz-Raptors · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 19, 23, 15, 21, 27, 14, 26Lakers-Pistons · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 15, 20, 25, 24, 15, 15, 6, 26Knicks-Celtics · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 24, 30, 39, 28, 33, 31, 27, 25Pistons-Lakers · L
27.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 15, 27, 16, 12, 14, 20, 16, 24Celtics-Knicks · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 21, 5, 14, 21, 20, 26, 23, 24Pistons-Lakers · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mitch RichmondWizards+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Aaron McKieSixers+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Hubert DavisMavs+3.6 12.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Tim DuncanSpurs+2.9 26.1 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bryce DrewRockets+2.9 11.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNets−4.1 19.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Vernon MaxwellSonics−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Doug ChristieRaptors−3.5 9.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Eddie JonesHornets−3.1 16.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Al HarringtonPacers−3.1 7.1 last 10 · 10.2 season