FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 23, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by HOU (vs MIA) and DAL (vs DET).

Final · Box score
Mavs99
Pistons91
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +8
Final · Box score
Wolves99
Warriors81
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +21; Q4 MIN +18
Final · Box score
Heat88
Rockets101
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +13
Final · Box score
Magic102
Clippers89
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +13
Final · Box score
Sonics77
Raptors94
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +17
The lead · Mavs-Pistons

Dallas handles Detroit by 8

Jerry Stackhouse goes for 36 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+2-6+8DAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2526192999
Pistons1930271591
Who led
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 16, 18, 29, 17, 39, 17, 36, 22DAL22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 28, 12, 21, 32, 31, 23, 10, 18DAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 16, 29, 32, 27, 19, 28, 5, 36DET36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jud BuechlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 10, 2, 0, 4, 2, 3, 12DET12 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
The night in charts
Magic-Clippers combined for 191, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-ClippersMagic 102, Clippers 89
191
Mavs-PistonsMavs 99, Pistons 91
190
Heat-RocketsHeat 88, Rockets 101
189
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 99, Warriors 81
180
Sonics-RaptorsSonics 77, Raptors 94
171
DAL won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Mavs-PistonsMavs 99, Pistons 91
+8 DAL
Heat-RocketsHeat 88, Rockets 101
+13 HOU
Magic-ClippersMagic 102, Clippers 89
+13 ORL
Sonics-RaptorsSonics 77, Raptors 94
+17 TOR
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 99, Warriors 81
+18 MIN
HOU rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-RocketsHOU won · Heat 88, Rockets 101
6 pts
Mavs-PistonsDAL won · Mavs 99, Pistons 91
6 pts
Strickland shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
StricklandDAL · 16 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Abdul-WahadORL · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
OdomLAC · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
58% (7-12)
ArmstrongORL · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
BullardHOU · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
56% (9-16)
Final · Mavs-Pistons
Mavs 99Pistons 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2526192999
Pistons1930271591
The story
Cedric Ceballos had 22 points and 10 rebounds as Dallas beat Detroit 99-91

Jerome Williams led Detroit with 11 PTS, 10 REB 22 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 8-18 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Mavericks took the fourth 29-15.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +6+2−6+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Raptors
Sonics 77Raptors 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics1825181677
Raptors2432142494
The story
Tracy McGrady's 17 points and 11 rebounds carried Toronto past Seattle, 94-77

For Seattle, Gary Payton had 29 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 17 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 8-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 24-16, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +6+13+9+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Warriors
Wolves 99Warriors 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves3125241999
Warriors1926142281
The story
Minnesota beat Golden State 99-81 behind 22 points and 15 rebounds from Kevin Garnett

Mookie Blaylock paced Golden State: 14 PTS, 4 AST 22 PTS, 15 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 8-17 FG

The swing

A 31-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
300 +12+11+21+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Heat-Rockets

Houston upsets Miami

Houston (15–24) beat Miami (25–13) 101–88. Matt Bullard led Houston with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over DET8HOU over MIA13ORL over LAC13TOR over SEA17MIN over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MIA.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 36

Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 16, 29, 32, 27, 19, 28, 5, 36Pistons-Mavs · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 23, 35, 25, 36, 25, 22, 13, 29Sonics-Raptors · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Matt BullardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 3, 6, 4, 0, 4, 12, 0, 9, 24Rockets-Heat · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 23, 11, 27, 28, 27, 20, 20, 23Heat-Rockets · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 20, 35, 19, 22, 37, 31, 18, 22Wolves-Warriors · W
22.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 16, 18, 29, 17, 39, 17, 36, 22Mavs-Pistons · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.0 23.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Mookie BlaylockGSW+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Juwan HowardWAS+4.9 19.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Rod StricklandWAS+4.4 17.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Wesley PersonCLE−4.7 3.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−4.6 5.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Vernon MaxwellSEA−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Monty WilliamsORL−3.4 5.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Bob SuraCLE−3.3 11.9 last 10 · 15.2 season