FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 30, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 7 at halftime and won 112–109.

Final
MIN109
DAL112
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +3
Final
WAS90
MIL97
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SAC95
SEA77
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +18
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 · 2001–02Jan 30, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIN), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas holds off Minnesota

Final: 112–109. Dirk Nowitzki added 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7+2+3DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN29242828109
DAL30163729112
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 20, 15, 26, 30, 30, 13, 34, 32DAL32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 32, 14, 20, 21, 4, 15, 10, 25DAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 22, 31, 19, 20, 12, 17, 34, 31MIN31 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 7, 0, 16, 16, 7, 9, 3, 31MIN31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Washington by 7

The Bucks won the first quarter 32–24. Final: 97–90. Sam Cassell led Milwaukee with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MIN3MIL over WAS7SAC over SEA18Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over WAS.
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
22.7Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 32

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: 23, 15, 20, 15, 26, 30, 30, 13, 34, 32DAL vs MIN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 22, 31, 19, 20, 12, 17, 34, 31MIN @ DAL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 7, 0, 16, 16, 7, 9, 3, 31MIN @ DAL · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 19, 12, 20, 14, 26, 25, 8, 31MIL vs WAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 32, 14, 20, 21, 4, 15, 10, 25DAL vs MIN · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 11, 24, 19, 10, 13, 22, 22, 25SEA vs SAC · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Stephon MarburyPHX+7.5 29.5 last 10 · 22.0 season
David WesleyNOH+6.4 23.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.7 12.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.2 22.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.6 10.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.2 10.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−4.0 3.7 last 10 · 7.7 season