FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 18, 2000Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DAL106
BOS98
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1999–00Dec 18, 1999: 12 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ DEN), 33 points.
The lead · DAL @ BOS

Dirk Nowitzki scores 31 as Dallas wins in Boston

Final: 106–98. Dirk Nowitzki made 10 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+17+9+5+8DAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32272522106
BOS1535291998
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 12, 14, 31, 12, 5, 36, 25, 31DAL31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 14, 22, 8, 21, 13, 18, 16, 20DAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 23, 29, 28, 9, 14, 19, 30BOS30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 17, 26, 16, 26, 15, 15, 20, 20BOS20 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 31

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 12, 14, 31, 12, 5, 36, 25, 31DAL @ BOS · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 23, 29, 28, 9, 14, 19, 30BOS vs DAL · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 17, 26, 16, 26, 15, 15, 20, 20BOS vs DAL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 14, 22, 8, 21, 13, 18, 16, 20DAL @ BOS · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 14, 21, 15, 24, 25, 13, 18DAL @ BOS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 5, 8, 6, 5, 4, 12, 9, 14BOS vs DAL · L
7.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
14 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jason TerryATL+7.1 22.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Antonio McDyessDEN+5.9 26.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Howard EisleyDAL+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ron MercerCHI+4.2 22.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.2 28.2 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.7 17.6 last 10 · 21.3 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−2.9 22.3 last 10 · 25.2 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−2.9 9.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
John StarksUTA−2.7 7.4 last 10 · 10.1 season