FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 18, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ORL by 22 after the first quarter and won 115–106.

Final
ATL76
IND84
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +8
Final · OT
ORL106
DAL115
Q1 DAL -22; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +9
Final
MIA74
POR85
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +11
Final
DET116
CHI110
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +6
Final
HOU112
GSW104
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +8
Final
BOS82
LAC79
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +3
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 18, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC vs LAC), 30 points.
The lead · ORL @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki drops 38 in 22-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 22 after one. Final: 115–106.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-22-10-50+9DAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL371718277106
DAL1529233216115
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 28, 22, 28, 23, 15, 28, 27, 38DAL38 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 25, 30, 26, 30, 27, 24, 14, 21DAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 17, 36, 30, 25, 36, 27, 28, 34ORL34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 17, 15, 10, 13, 20, 11, 32, 19ORL19 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · ATL @ IND

Indiana makes it three straight

Indiana beat Atlanta 84–76 and moved to 19–21. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · IND
Lvs SAS77–89W@ SEA91–83L@ POR86–102W@ SAC93–91W@ LAC85–82L@ UTA99–103L@ PHX85–93Wvs MIA87–71Wvs LAC89–74Wvs ATL84–76IND: last 10 games through Jan 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 43

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 35, 26, 25, 27, 27, 19, 21, 26, 43GSW vs HOU · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 21, 14, 27, 16, 13, 15, 26, 41HOU @ GSW · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 28, 22, 28, 23, 15, 28, 27, 38DAL vs ORL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 33, 46, 34, 23, 35, 41, 28, 36DET @ CHI · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 17, 36, 30, 25, 36, 27, 28, 34ORL @ DAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 18, 4, 27, 21, 19, 27, 12, 33CHI vs DET · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Chris WhitneyWAS+8.9 16.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.4 34.3 last 10 · 27.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 17.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jason TerryATL+6.2 24.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+6.1 15.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Gary PaytonSEA−5.7 17.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Rasheed WallacePOR−4.8 14.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Alan HendersonATL−3.9 9.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−3.9 8.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jim JacksonCLE−3.7 9.3 last 10 · 13.0 season