FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 7, 2000Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by CHI (vs WAS) and LAL (vs CHH).

Final · Box score
Raptors97
Hawks105
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +8
Final · Box score
Kings93
Celtics101
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
Hornets83
Lakers87
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +4
Final · Box score
Grizzlies101
Nets91
Q1 VAN +1; Q2 VAN +8; Q3 VAN +8; Q4 VAN +10
Final · Box score
Knicks94
Magic86
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
Spurs102
Suns83
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +19
Final · Box score
Bulls110
Wizards103
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +7
The lead · Hornets-Lakers

Lakers climb out of a 9-point hole against Charlotte

Toni Kukoc goes for 33 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-3-6+4LAL AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2720191783
Lakers1826162787
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 24, 34, 32, 35, 27, 38, 40, 23LAL23 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 22, 9, 25, 9, 15, 19, 7, 17LAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 20, 17, 25, 27, 13, 14, 14, 17CHH17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bobby PhillsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 16, 14, 13, 10, 2, 14, 17CHH17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
The night in charts
Bulls-Wizards combined for 213, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-WizardsBulls 110, Wizards 103
213
Raptors-HawksRaptors 97, Hawks 105
202
Kings-CelticsKings 93, Celtics 101
194
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 101, Nets 91
192
Spurs-SunsSpurs 102, Suns 83
185
Knicks-MagicKnicks 94, Magic 86
180
Hornets-LakersHornets 83, Lakers 87
170
LAL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Hornets-LakersHornets 83, Lakers 87
+4 LAL
Bulls-WizardsBulls 110, Wizards 103
+7 CHI
Knicks-MagicKnicks 94, Magic 86
+8 NYK
Kings-CelticsKings 93, Celtics 101
+8 BOS
Raptors-HawksRaptors 97, Hawks 105
+8 ATL
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 101, Nets 91
+10 VAN
Spurs-SunsSpurs 102, Suns 83
+19 SAS
CHI rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-WizardsCHI won · Bulls 110, Wizards 103
9 pts
Hornets-LakersLAL won · Hornets 83, Lakers 87
9 pts
Kings-CelticsBOS won · Kings 93, Celtics 101
2 pts
Howard shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HowardWAS · 19 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Jim JacksonATL · 31 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST
71% (12-17)
MaggetteORL · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
Clifford RobinsonPHX · 22 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST
69% (9-13)
HendersonATL · 21 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Hornets-Lakers
Hornets 83Lakers 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2720191783
Lakers1826162787
The story
Shaquille O'Neal's 23 points and 16 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Charlotte, 87-83

For Charlotte, Bobby Phills had 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK · 8-16 FG

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 27-17.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −9−3−6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Wizards
Bulls 110Wizards 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls24252833110
Wizards30281530103
The story
Metta World Peace had 19 points as Chicago beat Washington 110-103

Rod Strickland led Washington with 12 AST, 7 PTS, 4 REB 19 PTS, 6 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-14 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Bulls took the third 28-15.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −6−9+4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Celtics
Kings 93Celtics 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings3121212093
Celtics29301824101
The story
Boston beat Sacramento 101-93 behind 19 points and 10 rebounds from Paul Pierce

Nick Anderson paced Sacramento: 24 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 10 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST · 9-19 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 30-21 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −2+7+4+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Webber topped the game at 60.2 FPTS: 21 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg5.1Last 3

5.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg24.7Today

25 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · Bulls-Wizards

Chicago climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 9 at the half. Chicago won it 110–103. Toni Kukoc led Chicago with 33 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bulls-Wizards
Toni Kukoc · CHIJuwan Howard · WASPTS3319REB21AST101Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 34

Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 24, 36, 36, 35, 22, 13, 14, 34Raptors-Hawks · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 6 games: 9, 25, 21, 10, 18, 33Bulls-Wizards · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 9, 19, 20, 19, 26, 30, 12, 31Hawks-Raptors · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 22, 14, 13, 25, 19, 16, 16, 28Grizzlies-Nets · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah RiderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 20, 11, 30, 25, 16, 17, 27, 27Hawks-Raptors · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 21, 11, 9, 28, 19, 11, 20, 24Spurs-Suns · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Clifford RobinsonPHX+5.5 24.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+4.6 13.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Tyrone NesbyLAC+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Michael DickersonVAN+3.8 19.3 last 10 · 15.5 season
Keon ClarkDEN+3.7 11.5 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonVAN−4.4 9.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Al HarringtonIND−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brevin KnightCLE−3.4 7.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−3.4 18.3 last 10 · 21.7 season