FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 30, 2000Regular season · 2 games
← Jan 29CalendarJan 31 →

2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 1 after three quarters and won 89–83.

Final · Box score
Lakers83
Rockets89
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +6
Final · Box score
Kings111
Knicks120
Q1 Knicks 0; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +9
The lead · Lakers-Rockets

Houston upsets Lakers

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 27 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+3-1+6HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1623271783
Rockets2517232489
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 31, 26, 22, 10, 24, 25, 27, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 17, 3, 17, 18, 18, 14, 10, 15HOU15 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27LAL27 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17LAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Kings-Knicks

New York beats Sacramento, 120–111

New York led 94–74 after three and won by 9. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Knicks-Kings
Latrell Sprewell · NYKChris Webber · SACPTS3226REB56AST53Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Kings-Knicks combined for 231, 59 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-KnicksKings 111, Knicks 120
231
Lakers-RocketsLakers 83, Rockets 89
172
HOU won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Lakers-RocketsLakers 83, Rockets 89
+6 HOU
Kings-KnicksKings 111, Knicks 120
+9 NYK
Divac shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DivacSAC · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
HoustonNYK · 28 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
63% (12-19)
SprewellNYK · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
WebberSAC · 26 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
56% (10-18)
CambyNYK · 13 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
50% (5-10)
Final · Lakers-Rockets
Lakers 83Rockets 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1623271783
Rockets2517232489
The story
Steve Francis had 17 points as Houston beat Los Angeles 89-83

Hakeem Olajuwon added 10 REB, 8 PTS 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 6-13 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 25-16, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +9+3−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Knicks
Kings 111Knicks 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings30212337111
Knicks30362826120
The story
Patrick Ewing's 13 points and 12 rebounds carried New York past Sacramento, 120-111

For Sacramento, Jason Williams had 12 AST, 5 PTS, 3 REB 13 PTS, 12 REB · 5-12 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 36-21, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 0+15+20+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg17.4Last 3

17.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 27.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 32

Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 23, 20, 23, 17, 10, 24, 21, 32Knicks-Kings · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 13, 13, 17, 17, 27, 22, 28Knicks-Kings · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 22, 26, 30, 27, 17, 36, 30, 27Lakers-Rockets · L
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 37, 25, 30, 21, 30, 12, 24, 26Kings-Knicks · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 22, 15, 25, 28, 26, 23, 17Lakers-Rockets · L
22.8 PPG season to date · −6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 31, 26, 22, 10, 24, 25, 27, 17Rockets-Lakers · W
18.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mookie BlaylockGSW+6.6 17.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.5 24.8 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cedric CeballosDAL+5.4 23.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kenny ThomasHOU+5.2 12.5 last 10 · 7.3 season
Rod StricklandWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakMIN−5.8 3.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Hakeem OlajuwonHOU−5.3 6.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Wesley PersonCLE−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Billy OwensPHI−4.4 1.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Kenny AndersonBOS−3.7 10.2 last 10 · 13.9 season