FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 10, 2000Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Grizzlies112
Clippers90
Q1 VAN +5; Q2 VAN +12; Q3 VAN +15; Q4 VAN +22
Final · Box score
Wolves85
Suns101
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +20; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +16
Final · Box score
Nuggets84
Kings96
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 Kings 0; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +12
On this day · 1998–99Feb 10, 1999: 8 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Grizzlies-Clippers), 35 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Kings

Sacramento beats Denver, 96–84

Michael Dickerson goes for 40 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+90+5+12SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets1530201984
Kings2421252696
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 24, 26, 14, 39, 26, 32, 22, 22SAC22 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 13, 8, 10, 8, 4, 5, 19, 20SAC20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 0, 12, 26, 30, 20, 24, 14, 21DEN21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 14, 7, 8, 2, 2, 8, 6, 19DEN19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wolves-Suns

Phoenix never trails at a break against Minnesota

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 101–85. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over DEN12PHX over MIN16VAN over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIN.
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Clippers combined for 202, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 112, Clippers 90
202
Wolves-SunsWolves 85, Suns 101
186
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 84, Kings 96
180
SAC won the closest game by 12
Closest finishes
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 84, Kings 96
+12 SAC
Wolves-SunsWolves 85, Suns 101
+16 PHX
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 112, Clippers 90
+22 VAN
Abdur-Rahim shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Abdur-RahimVAN · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
79% (11-14)
DickersonVAN · 40 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
63% (17-27)
Derek AndersonLAC · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
61% (14-23)
PennyPHX · 12 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
60% (6-10)
ClarkDEN · 19 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Nuggets-Kings
Nuggets 84Kings 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets1530201984
Kings2421252696
The story
Chris Webber's 22 points and 14 rebounds carried Sacramento past Denver, 96-84

For Denver, Keon Clark had 19 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST · 7-18 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-15, was where the Kings built it.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +90+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Suns
Wolves 85Suns 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2514182885
Suns27321923101
The story
Phoenix beat Minnesota 101-85 behind 16 points from Jason Kidd

Kevin Garnett paced Minnesota: 13 REB, 10 PTS, 5 AST 16 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 6-11 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 32-14 second quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
300 +2+20+21+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Clippers
Grizzlies 112Clippers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies24272437112
Clippers1920213090
The story
Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 22 points as Vancouver beat Los Angeles 112-90

Derek Anderson led Los Angeles with 29 PTS, 5 REB 22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 11-14 FG

The swing

The Grizzlies won the second 27-20, their biggest quarter edge.

VAN lead by quarter
300 +5+12+15+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg22.4Last 3

22.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Dickerson leads the day with 40

Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 18, 29, 16, 19, 20, 14, 19, 40Grizzlies-Clippers · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 35, 18, 14, 9, 7, 12, 14, 29Clippers-Grizzlies · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 24, 26, 14, 39, 26, 32, 22, 22Kings-Nuggets · W
24.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 30, 23, 16, 25, 12, 36, 13, 22Grizzlies-Clippers · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 0, 12, 26, 30, 20, 24, 14, 21Nuggets-Kings · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 13, 8, 10, 8, 4, 5, 19, 20Kings-Nuggets · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Derrick ColemanCHH+5.7 21.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
David RobinsonSAS+4.7 20.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Rod StricklandWAS+4.1 17.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Avery JohnsonSAS+4.1 15.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Carlos RogersHOU+3.8 12.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
P.J. BrownMIA−5.3 5.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Matt GeigerPHI−4.1 5.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.0 4.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Adrian GriffinBOS−3.8 5.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Malik SealyMIN−3.6 7.9 last 10 · 11.5 season