FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 5, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed TOR by 8 at halftime and won 115–105.

Final
SEA89
PHI121
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +23; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +32
Final
DAL115
TOR105
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +10
Final
GSW100
BOS88
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +12
Final
UTA87
DEN100
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +13
Final
VAN76
PHX108
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +27; Q4 PHX +32
Final
MIL115
POR119
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +4
Final
CHH86
LAC73
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +13
Final · OT
IND93
SAC91
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
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 · 1999–00Jan 5, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ ATL), 42 points.
The lead · DAL @ TOR

Dallas climbs out of an 8-point hole against Toronto

Down 8 at the half, the Mavericks won the third quarter 33–20 and the game 115–105. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-8+5+10DAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL27273328115
TOR34282023105
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 25, 31, 29, 29, 21, 17, 20, 25, 29DAL29 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 20, 18, 18, 22, 20, 26, 22, 27DAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 33, 45, 20, 32, 25, 46, 25, 33TOR33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 8, 16, 0, 2, 16, 4, 18TOR18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · GSW @ BOS

Boston's skid reaches four

Golden State won 100–88; the Celtics fall to 12–21. Antawn Jamison led Golden State with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
Lvs DAL98–106Wvs NJN99–86W@ NYK92–86L@ MIL99–104L@ DET96–101W@ NJN112–111Lvs ORL90–95L@ ATL81–92Lvs NYK91–100Lvs GSW88–100BOS: last 10 games through Jan 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 51

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 19, 20, 33, 23, 24, 29, 2, 51SAC vs IND · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 26 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 26, 33, 45, 19, 29, 46, 21, 41PHI vs SEA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 16, 16, 7, 8, 8, 20, 10, 39MIL @ POR · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 31, 28, 19, 25, 15, 30, 16, 36BOS vs GSW · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 33, 45, 20, 32, 25, 46, 25, 33TOR vs DAL · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 41, 29, 19, 12, 18, 12, 14, 33UTA @ DEN · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Marc JacksonGSW+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.6 26.2 last 10 · 20.6 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.5 22.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Tony DelkPHX+5.0 18.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Allen IversonPHI+4.6 31.1 last 10 · 26.5 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.9 8.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.6 12.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.0 15.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.9 3.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Shawn MarionPHX−3.7 11.8 last 10 · 15.5 season