FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 11, 2000Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed PHX by 6 after the first quarter and won 101–88.

Final · Box score
Mavs109
Warriors102
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +7
Final · Box score
Heat116
Wolves106
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
Bulls88
Knicks95
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +7
Final · Box score
Rockets93
Kings110
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +17
Final · Box score
Suns88
Sonics101
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +13
Final · Box score
Raptors89
Wizards117
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +23; Q3 WAS +23; Q4 WAS +28
The lead · Suns-Sonics

Phoenix's skid reaches three

Dan Majerle goes for 33 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+6+11+13SEA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2520172688
Sonics19322228101
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 32, 24, 25, 29, 24, 23, 14, 23SEA23 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 12, 10, 24, 8, 13, 1, 17, 21SEA21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 30, 25, 11, 24, 30, 22, 12, 17PHX17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rex ChapmanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 4, 9, 29, 18, 7, 9, 20, 13PHX13 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Mavs-Warriors

Dallas leads Golden State wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 109–102. Best quarter: the first, 34–16. Cedric Ceballos led Dallas with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over GSW7NYK over CHI7MIA over MIN10SEA over PHX13SAC over HOU17WAS over TOR28Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over GSW.
The night in charts
Heat-Wolves combined for 222, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-WolvesHeat 116, Wolves 106
222
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 109, Warriors 102
211
Raptors-WizardsRaptors 89, Wizards 117
206
Rockets-KingsRockets 93, Kings 110
203
Suns-SonicsSuns 88, Sonics 101
189
Bulls-KnicksBulls 88, Knicks 95
183
DAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 109, Warriors 102
+7 DAL
Bulls-KnicksBulls 88, Knicks 95
+7 NYK
Heat-WolvesHeat 116, Wolves 106
+10 MIA
Suns-SonicsSuns 88, Sonics 101
+13 SEA
Rockets-KingsRockets 93, Kings 110
+17 SAC
Raptors-WizardsRaptors 89, Wizards 117
+28 WAS
Majerle shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MajerleMIA · 33 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
85% (11-13)
LenardMIA · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
PeelerMIN · 16 PTS, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
BarrySEA · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
KGMIN · 35 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
64% (14-22)
Final · Bulls-Knicks
Bulls 88Knicks 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1721173388
Knicks2428281595
The story
Patrick Ewing had 14 points and 14 rebounds as New York beat Chicago 95-88

Elton Brand led Chicago with 22 PTS, 7 REB 14 PTS, 14 REB · 2-8 FG

The swing

The Knicks won the third 28-17, their biggest quarter edge.

NYK lead by quarter
300 +7+14+25+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Metta World Peace led the game in fantasy with 46.7 FPTS (24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 109Warriors 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs34192828109
Warriors16322727102
The story
Dallas beat Golden State 109-102 behind 29 points and 12 rebounds from Cedric Ceballos

Antawn Jamison paced Golden State: 28 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST 29 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 11-19 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 34-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +18+5+6+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Donyell Marshall topped the game at 56.2 FPTS: 21 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST

Final · Heat-Wolves
Heat 116Wolves 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat27302831116
Wolves23242633106
The story
P.J. Brown's 14 points carried Miami past Minnesota, 116-106

Jamal Mashburn chipped in 13 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 14 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 30-24, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4+10+12+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg22.5Last 3

22.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs 1998–99 avg
Minutes per game
8.81998–99 avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 1998–99 (28 games). Line: 9 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 35

Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 26, 16, 22, 21, 27, 22, 20, 35Wolves-Heat · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dan MajerlePoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 3, 5, 7, 13, 12, 15, 20, 33Heat-Wolves · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 10, 12, 26, 10, 21, 16, 18, 29Mavs-Warriors · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 17, 14, 21, 21, 26, 22, 20, 28Warriors-Mavs · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 6, 33, 31, 23, 31, 37, 27, 21, 31, 26Kings-Rockets · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 22, 6, 8, 2, 16, 19, 14, 24Bulls-Knicks · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tyrone NesbyLAC+5.5 19.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Carlos RogersHOU+5.2 14.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Malik SealyMIN+4.2 16.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Mike BibbyVAN+4.2 18.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Derek AndersonLAC−4.0 12.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE−3.8 5.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.5 9.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Erick StricklandDAL−3.4 6.6 last 10 · 10.0 season