FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 25, 1999Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NYK by 6 after the first quarter and won 101–90.

Final · Box score
Knicks90
Pacers101
Q1 IND -6; Q2 Pacers 0; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +11
Final · Box score
Spurs93
Lakers99
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +6
The lead · Knicks-Pacers

Indiana beats New York, 101–90

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 32 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+9+11IND AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2822142690
Pacers22282328101
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 13, 26, 6, 18, 19, 21, 31, 26IND26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 18, 8, 14, 4, 5, 18, 16, 14IND14 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 31, 17, 22, 15, 6, 30, 25, 23NYK23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Larry JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 12, 23, 10, 2, 10, 14, 7, 16NYK16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Spurs-Lakers

Lakers lead San Antonio wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 99–93. Best quarter: the second, 30–25. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Spurs
Shaquille O'Neal · LALTim Duncan · SASPTS3228REB119AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Spurs-Lakers combined for 192, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-LakersSpurs 93, Lakers 99
192
Knicks-PacersKnicks 90, Pacers 101
191
LAL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Spurs-LakersSpurs 93, Lakers 99
+6 LAL
Knicks-PacersKnicks 90, Pacers 101
+11 IND
Sprewell shot 11-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SprewellNYK · 23 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
Larry JohnsonNYK · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST
60% (6-10)
EwingNYK · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ShaqLAL · 32 PTS, 11 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST
59% (13-22)
RiceLAL · 25 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
53% (9-17)
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 93Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1725252693
Lakers2030212899
The story
Glen Rice had 25 points as Los Angeles beat San Antonio 99-93

David Robinson led San Antonio with 19 REB, 9 PTS 25 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB · 9-17 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the second 30-25, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3+8+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Pacers
Knicks 90Pacers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2822142690
Pacers22282328101
The story
Reggie Miller's 26 points carried Indiana past New York, 101-90

For New York, Latrell Sprewell had 23 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 26 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 6-16 FG, 2-9 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 23-14, was where the Pacers built it.

IND lead by quarter
200 −60+9+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Marcus Camby was the fantasy play: 40.0 FPTS on 15 REB, 13 PTS, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg35.5Today

35 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 32

Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 30, 22, 21, 9, 24, 24, 34, 32Lakers-Spurs · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 42, 23, 29, 20, 30, 33, 25, 18, 28Spurs-Lakers · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 13, 26, 6, 18, 19, 21, 31, 26Pacers-Knicks · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 12, 22, 17, 11, 23, 22, 9, 25Lakers-Spurs · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 31, 17, 22, 15, 6, 30, 25, 23Knicks-Pacers · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 14, 26, 18, 30, 28, 26, 27, 18Lakers-Spurs · W
22.5 PPG season to date · −4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mitch RichmondWAS+6.0 22.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.3 23.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
John StarksGSW+5.1 20.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
Michael DickersonVAN+4.8 19.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+4.3 11.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Ruben PattersonSEA−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Terry PorterSAS−3.5 5.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Chris GatlingORL−3.2 10.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−3.0 11.7 last 10 · 14.7 season