FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 26, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SEA by 13 after the first quarter and won 104–97.

Final · OT
ORL119
PHI115
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +4
Final
PHX107
MIA98
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DAL104
SEA97
Q1 DAL -13; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +7
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 · 2004–05Jan 26, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (MIA @ TOR), 33 points.
The lead · DAL @ SEA

Dallas fights back from 13 down against Seattle

Final: 104–97, after trailing by 13 after one. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. Rashard Lewis scored 36 for Seattle in the loss.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-130+4+7DAL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL21322724104
SEA3419232197
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 32, 16, 35, 29, 26, 23, 18, 29DAL29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 12, 5, 8, 8, 14, 29, 23, 21DAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 45, 33, 22, 10, 25, 17, 16, 36SEA36 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 22, 33, 27, 1, 24, 42, 22, 25SEA25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ORL @ PHI

Orlando outlasts Philadelphia in overtime

103–103 at the end of regulation. Orlando took the last extra period 16–12. Final: 119–115. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs PHI
Hedo Turkoglu · ORLAllen Iverson · PHIPTS2538REB83AST515Top 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
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 41, 46, 33, 17, 36, 30, 39, 41, 38PHI vs ORL · L
33.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 15 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 45, 33, 22, 10, 25, 17, 16, 36SEA vs DAL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 31, 9, 15, 29, 11, 17, 32PHI vs ORL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 32, 16, 35, 29, 26, 23, 18, 29DAL @ SEA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 16, 27, 11, 10, 24, 22, 30, 25ORL @ PHI · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 22, 33, 27, 1, 24, 42, 22, 25SEA vs DAL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.6 45.5 last 10 · 35.9 season
Jalen RoseTOR+7.7 19.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+6.9 33.8 last 10 · 26.9 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaTOR−4.0 7.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS−3.8 24.3 last 10 · 28.1 season