FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 2, 2004Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT
HOU106
DAL113
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final
CLE92
DEN73
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +28; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +19
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 · 2003–04Dec 2, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 53 as Dallas beats Houston

Dallas won 113–106. Dirk Nowitzki: 53 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists. Tracy McGrady scored 48 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1+5+40+7DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2427212113106
DAL2531201720113
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 20, 30, 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53DAL53 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 11, 4, 11, 6, 15, 2, 15, 14DAL14 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 24, 32, 16, 25, 17, 14, 16, 48HOU48 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 10, 16, 15, 11, 18, 13, 21, 17HOU17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CLE @ DEN

Cleveland leads Denver wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 92–73. Best quarter: the first, 30–13. LeBron James led Cleveland with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs DEN
LeBron James · CLECarmelo Anthony · DENPTS1714REB84AST90Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 53 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.9minutes, today vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
20.72003–04 avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 2003–04 (80 games). Line: 7 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 53

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: 31, 32, 20, 30, 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53DAL vs HOU · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high53 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 24, 32, 16, 25, 17, 14, 16, 48HOU @ DAL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 25, 13, 43, 20, 26, 22, 15, 17CLE @ DEN · W
25.0 PPG season to date · −8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 10, 16, 15, 11, 18, 13, 21, 17HOU @ DAL · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Robert TraylorPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 3, 6, 6, 0, 12, 2, 4, 15CLE @ DEN · W
5.4 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 24, 10, 16, 15, 16, 8, 26, 15CLE @ DEN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST