FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 16, 2000Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed VAN by 6 after the first quarter and won 94–83.

Final · Box score
Nuggets100
Suns113
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +13
Final · Box score
Cavs102
Kings113
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +11
Final · Box score
Heat94
Grizzlies83
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 MIA +11
The lead · Heat-Grizzlies

Miami gets past Vancouver

Clifford Robinson goes for 50 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+10+11MIA AHEAD ↑VAN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2521192994
Grizzlies3114201883
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 21, 12, 28, 23, 11, 27, 28, 27MIA27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 12, 14, 11, 8, 14, 6, 6, 19MIA19 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 16, 16, 28, 21, 16, 17, 23, 23VAN23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 20, 17, 19, 29, 14, 17, 11, 20VAN20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Cavs-Kings

Sacramento never trails at a break against Cleveland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–102. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over CLE11MIA over VAN11PHX over DEN13Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over CLE.
The night in charts
Cavs-Kings combined for 215, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-KingsCavs 102, Kings 113
215
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 100, Suns 113
213
Heat-GrizzliesHeat 94, Grizzlies 83
177
MIA won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Heat-GrizzliesHeat 94, Grizzlies 83
+11 MIA
Cavs-KingsCavs 102, Kings 113
+11 SAC
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 100, Suns 113
+13 PHX
Zo shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ZoMIA · 27 PTS, 10 REB, 6 BLK, 2 AST
83% (10-12)
P.J. BrownMIA · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Clifford RobinsonPHX · 50 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
65% (17-26)
McDyessDEN · 14 PTS, 3 REB
60% (6-10)
DickersonVAN · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
56% (10-18)
Final · Cavs-Kings
Cavs 102Kings 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs26272722102
Kings37321826113
The story
Chris Webber's 25 points and 11 rebounds carried Sacramento past Cleveland, 113-102

For Cleveland, Shawn Kemp had 20 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 5 BLK · 9-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 37-26, was where the Kings built it.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +11+16+7+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Grizzlies
Heat 94Grizzlies 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2521192994
Grizzlies3114201883
The story
Miami beat Vancouver 94-83 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Alonzo Mourning

Mike Bibby paced Vancouver: 15 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 27 PTS, 10 REB, 6 BLK, 2 AST · 10-12 FG

The swing

A 29-18 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −6+10+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Suns
Nuggets 100Suns 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets19363114100
Suns34273022113
The story
Jason Kidd had 13 assists and 5 points as Phoenix beat Denver 113-100

Ron Mercer led Denver with 25 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 13 AST, 7 REB, 5 PTS · 2-6 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the first 34-19, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +15+6+5+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg27.5Today

28 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Clifford Robinson leads the day with 50

Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 24, 30, 22, 12, 17, 13, 23, 50Suns-Nuggets · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +31.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 21, 12, 28, 23, 11, 27, 28, 27Heat-Grizzlies · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 37, 27, 21, 31, 26, 34, 37, 25Kings-Cavs · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 10, 14, 7, 24, 18, 25, 12, 25Nuggets-Suns · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 16, 16, 28, 21, 16, 17, 23, 23Grizzlies-Heat · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 18, 5, 11, 6, 9, 22, 9, 20Kings-Cavs · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlos RogersHOU+5.2 14.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Tyrone NesbyLAC+4.8 18.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Grant HillDET+4.5 32.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Chris WebberSAC+4.4 29.2 last 10 · 24.8 season
Michael DickersonVAN+4.3 20.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Larry HughesPHI−3.7 6.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jason KiddPHX−3.4 13.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
John StocktonUTA−2.9 8.6 last 10 · 11.5 season