FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 20, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–77.

Final
HOU108
ORL99
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +9
Final
LAC77
DAL99
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +22
Final
CLE96
SAC123
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +27
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 · 2003–04Jan 20, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC vs POR), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ DAL

Dallas fights back from 9 down against Clippers

Final: 99–77, after trailing by 9 after one. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6+5+22DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC291920977
DAL2022312699
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 39, 25, 34, 28, 36, 26, 28, 28DAL28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 9, 28, 7, 21, 13, 15, 26, 15DAL15 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 13, 17, 19, 29, 25, 24, 14, 24LAC24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 22, 14, 18, 16, 15, 12, 10, 16LAC16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · HOU @ ORL

Houston leads Orlando wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 108–99. Best quarter: the first, 33–24. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over ORL9DAL over LAC22SAC over CLE27Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg4.2Last 3

4.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 28

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 10, 16, 18, 17, 31, 17, 32, 28ORL vs HOU · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 39, 25, 34, 28, 36, 26, 28, 28DAL vs LAC · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 13, 28, 22, 23, 36, 23, 32, 27SAC vs CLE · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 45, 30, 18, 28, 28, 28, 27HOU @ ORL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 13, 17, 19, 29, 25, 24, 14, 24LAC @ DAL · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 16, 22, 15, 20, 17, 19, 8, 21ORL vs HOU · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 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
Damon StoudamirePOR+8.2 21.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Morris PetersonTOR+7.2 18.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+6.8 16.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.5 16.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.4 8.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Austin CroshereIND−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−5.0 5.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Fred JonesIND−4.3 6.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season