FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 22, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–93.

Final
BOS93
CLE115
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +22
Final
DEN108
WAS105
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
POR95
MEM87
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +8
Final
HOU93
DAL102
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +9
Final
TOR82
PHX90
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA93
SEA87
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +6
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 · 2004–05Nov 22, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ MEM), 26 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 31 in Dallas win over Houston

Final: 102–93. Dirk Nowitzki added 7 rebounds and 2 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5+3+9DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2726211993
DAL19292925102
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 34, 14, 23, 30, 35, 20, 23, 31DAL31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 4, 15, 8, 26, 9, 12, 12, 29DAL29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 9 games: 5, 7, 5, 9, 8, 11, 2, 7, 28HOU28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 24, 18, 14, 13, 19, 20, 24, 20HOU20 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DEN @ WAS

Denver takes over late to edge Washington

Down 3 after three, Denver won the fourth 34–28. Final: 108–105. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over WAS3UTA over SEA6POR over MEM8PHX over TOR8DAL over HOU9CLE over BOS22Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg12.1Last 3

12.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 36

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 30, 18, 32, 43, 18, 33, 17, 36WAS vs DEN · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 36, 27, 31, 16, 26, 37, 16, 36, 36CLE vs BOS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 34, 14, 23, 30, 35, 20, 23, 31DAL vs HOU · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 4, 15, 8, 26, 9, 12, 12, 29DAL vs HOU · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 20, 16, 12, 22, 23, 10, 22, 28PHX vs TOR · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 18, 11, 23, 24, 31, 25, 21, 28DEN @ WAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST