FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 18, 2000Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 10 after three quarters and won 92–85.

Final · Box score
Blazers89
Rockets90
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +1
Final · OT · Box score
Bulls92
Heat85
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 Bulls 0; OT1 CHI +7
Final · Box score
Clippers98
Kings104
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +6
Final · Box score
Cavs80
Sonics99
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +19
The lead · Bulls-Heat

Chicago flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Chris Webber goes for 30 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-3-100+7CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Bulls122315301292
Heat20182220585
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 23, 16, 16, 26, 22, 18, 15, 24CHI24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 10, 18, 33, 23, 11, 19, 29, 23CHI23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 12, 28, 23, 11, 27, 28, 27, 20MIA20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Anthony CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 7, 6, 18, 6, 0, 2, 6, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Blazers-Rockets

Houston holds off Portland, 90–89

Houston led 73–71 after three and held on to win by one. Steve Francis led Houston with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over POR1SAC over LAC6CHI over MIA7SEA over CLE19Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over POR.
The night in charts
Clippers-Kings combined for 202, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-KingsClippers 98, Kings 104
202
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 89, Rockets 90
179
Cavs-SonicsCavs 80, Sonics 99
179
Bulls-HeatBulls 92, Heat 85
177
HOU won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 89, Rockets 90
+1 HOU
Clippers-KingsClippers 98, Kings 104
+6 SAC
Bulls-HeatBulls 92, Heat 85
+7 CHI
Cavs-SonicsCavs 80, Sonics 99
+19 SEA
CHI erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-HeatCHI won · Bulls 92, Heat 85
10 pts
Blazers-RocketsHOU won · Blazers 89, Rockets 90
4 pts
Shandon Anderson shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Shandon AndersonHOU · 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
BarrySEA · 21 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB
64% (7-11)
Anthony CarterMIA · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
62% (8-13)
BakerSEA · 28 PTS, 8 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
60% (12-20)
Steven SmithPOR · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 BLK
57% (8-14)
Final · Blazers-Rockets
Blazers 89Rockets 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2324241889
Rockets2221301790
The story
Steve Francis' 26 points and 12 assists carried Houston past Portland, 90-89

For Portland, Steven Smith had 21 PTS, 4 REB 26 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB · 10-18 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The Rockets trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 30-24.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −1−4+2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 98Kings 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2225252698
Kings25323017104
The story
Sacramento beat Los Angeles 104-98 behind 11 rebounds and 10 points from Vlade Divac

Lamar Odom paced Los Angeles: 19 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 11 REB, 10 PTS, 4 AST, 3 BLK · 5-10 FG

The swing

A 32-25 second quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +3+10+15+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Heat
Bulls 92Heat 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bulls122315301292
Heat20182220585
The story
Elton Brand had 24 points and 13 rebounds as Chicago beat Miami 92-85 in OT

Anthony Carter led Miami with 20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 24 PTS, 13 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 10-20 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Bulls took the fourth 30-20.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −8−3−100+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg44.7Today

45 minutes today, against 26.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 30

Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 27, 21, 31, 26, 34, 37, 25, 30Kings-Clippers · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 10, 31, 30, 7, 13, 23, 3, 28Sonics-Cavs · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 27, 22, 5, 16, 19, 27, 31, 26Rockets-Blazers · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 24, 23, 14, 23, 35, 25, 36, 25Sonics-Cavs · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 23, 16, 16, 26, 22, 18, 15, 24Bulls-Heat · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 10, 18, 33, 23, 11, 19, 29, 23Bulls-Heat · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chris WebberSAC+4.9 29.9 last 10 · 25.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.6 19.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.3 22.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Michael DickersonVAN+4.3 20.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rex ChapmanPHX+4.2 12.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 3.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dikembe MutomboATL−3.4 8.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jason KiddPHX−3.4 13.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Larry HughesPHI−3.3 7.3 last 10 · 10.6 season