FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 31, 2000Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Nets77
Bulls86
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +9
Final · Box score
Pistons96
Wizards110
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
The lead · Nets-Bulls

Elton Brand posts 31 and 16 as Chicago beats New Jersey

Juwan Howard goes for 35 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+9+9+9CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2212162777
Bulls2320162786
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 21, 22, 12, 31CHI31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 22, 20, 15, 25, 29, 33, 19, 18CHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 12, 37, 19, 27, 18NJN18 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Aaron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 12, 13, 14, 11, 12, 9, 20, 16NJN16 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Pistons-Wizards

Washington controls Detroit start to finish

Washington won 110–96, leading by as many as 16 at a break. Juwan Howard led Washington with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Wizards-Pistons
Juwan Howard · WASJerry Stackhouse · DETPTS3525REB73AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Pistons-Wizards combined for 206, 43 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-WizardsPistons 96, Wizards 110
206
Nets-BullsNets 77, Bulls 86
163
CHI won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Nets-BullsNets 77, Bulls 86
+9 CHI
Pistons-WizardsPistons 96, Wizards 110
+14 WAS
John Wallace shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
John WallaceDET · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
HamiltonWAS · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
HowardWAS · 35 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
BrandCHI · 31 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
56% (9-16)
Lucious HarrisNJN · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
50% (7-14)
Final · Nets-Bulls
Nets 77Bulls 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2212162777
Bulls2320162786
The story
Ron Mercer had 18 points as Chicago beat New Jersey 86-77

Stephon Marbury led New Jersey with 18 PTS, 7 AST 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 7-19 FG

The swing

The Bulls won the second 20-12, their biggest quarter edge.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +1+9+9+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Wizards
Pistons 96Wizards 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2732191896
Wizards36243416110
The story
Richard Hamilton's 21 points carried Washington past Detroit, 110-96

For Detroit, John Wallace had 21 PTS, 5 REB 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 7-11 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 34-19, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +9+1+16+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 44 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Rebounding up
+4.0rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
8.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Top performances

Juwan Howard leads the day with 35

Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 31, 8, 34, 21, 8, 20, 19, 35Wizards-Pistons · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 21, 22, 12, 31Bulls-Nets · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33, 34, 35, 25Pistons-Wizards · L
28.7 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 11, 12, 30, 9, 7, 1, 17, 21Wizards-Pistons · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
John WallacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 2, 0, 2, 9, 6, 10, 2, 21Pistons-Wizards · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 22, 20, 15, 25, 29, 33, 19, 18Bulls-Nets · W
19.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marc JacksonGSW+8.4 18.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jason TerryATL+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Rick FoxLAL+5.1 13.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+4.7 26.4 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−5.3 10.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.2 9.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.8 3.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Travis BestIND−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.1 9.9 last 10 · 13.0 season