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Sunday, December 10, 2000Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIA by 23 after the first quarter and won 101–97.

Final · Box score
Suns95
Raptors87
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +8
Final · OT · Box score
Nuggets102
Celtics104
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 Celtics 0; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final · Box score
Mavs99
Nets73
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +26
Final · Box score
Heat97
Kings101
Q1 SAC -23; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +4
Final · Box score
Pistons88
Lakers112
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +24
On this day · 1999–00Dec 10, 1999: 10 games. Top scorer: Alonzo Mourning (Heat-Kings), 37 points.
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The lead · Heat-Kings

Sacramento storms back from 23 down to beat Miami

Antonio McDyess goes for 37 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-23-9+5+4SAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat4019162297
Kings17333021101
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 29, 24, 21, 25, 28, 30, 37, 19SAC19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 11, 11, 18, 6, 16, 12, 13, 15SAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 23, 16, 15, 18, 11, 13, 4, 25MIA25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 15, 24, 17, 16, 16, 15, 10, 19MIA19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Celtics

Boston needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Boston won the final period 13–11 for a 104–102 win. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Nuggets
Paul Pierce · BOSAntonio McDyess · DENPTS2837REB718AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Nuggets-Celtics combined for 206, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-CelticsNuggets 102, Celtics 104
206
Pistons-LakersPistons 88, Lakers 112
200
Heat-KingsHeat 97, Kings 101
198
Suns-RaptorsSuns 95, Raptors 87
182
Mavs-NetsMavs 99, Nets 73
172
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-CelticsNuggets 102, Celtics 104
+2 BOS
Heat-KingsHeat 97, Kings 101
+4 SAC
Suns-RaptorsSuns 95, Raptors 87
+8 PHX
Pistons-LakersPistons 88, Lakers 112
+24 LAL
Mavs-NetsMavs 99, Nets 73
+26 DAL
Dirk shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DirkDAL · 31 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
69% (9-13)
ShaqLAL · 26 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (12-18)
Eddie JonesMIA · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
67% (8-12)
EisleyDAL · 15 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Joe SmithDET · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST
58% (11-19)
Final · Nuggets-Celtics
Nuggets 102Celtics 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nuggets2129241711102
Celtics2729181713104
The story
Antoine Walker had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Boston beat Denver 104-102 in OT

Voshon Lenard led Denver with 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 11-21 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the first 27-21, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +6+600+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Heat-Kings
Heat 97Kings 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat4019162297
Kings17333021101
The story
Chris Webber's 19 points and 10 rebounds carried Sacramento past Miami, 101-97

For Miami, Brian Grant had 19 PTS, 16 REB 19 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 9-26 FG

The swing

The Kings trailed by 23 going into the second, then won it 33-19.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −23−9+5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Hardaway was the fantasy play: 46.4 FPTS on 25 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB

Final · Mavs-Nets
Mavs 99Nets 73
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs3021272199
Nets2221191173
The story
Dallas beat New Jersey 99-73 behind 31 points from Dirk Nowitzki

Kenyon Martin paced New Jersey: 18 PTS, 5 REB 31 PTS, 8 REB · 9-13 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 21-11 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
300 +8+8+16+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antonio McDyess leads the day with 37

Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 17, 40, 37, 24, 15, 28, 21, 37Nuggets-Celtics · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 37, 48, 20, 28, 25, 0, 29, 35Raptors-Suns · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 19, 17, 24, 25, 35, 12, 14, 31Mavs-Nets · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 31, 37, 31, 24, 11, 41, 26, 30Pistons-Lakers · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 41, 27, 20, 34, 25, 25, 23, 29, 28Celtics-Nuggets · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 18, 28, 20, 19, 17, 26, 16, 26Celtics-Nuggets · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.6 25.8 last 10 · 20.2 season
Jason TerryATL+4.8 18.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+3.3 27.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.2 32.5 last 10 · 29.3 season
Felipe LopezWAS+2.9 11.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.2 16.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Othella HarringtonVAN−2.8 8.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Anthony PeelerMIN−2.8 5.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
George McCloudDEN−2.1 5.7 last 10 · 7.8 season
Juwan HowardWAS−2.0 12.4 last 10 · 14.4 season