FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 9, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIA76
DAL112
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +36
Final
CHI80
SAC98
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +28; 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 · 2004–05Feb 9, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MEM), 38 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAC

Sacramento makes it three straight

Sacramento beat Chicago 98–80 and moved to 22–27. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+19+28+18SAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1517173180
SAC2427262198
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 21, 5, 12, 25, 10, 20, 22, 23SAC23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 44, 35, 6, 42, 15, 15, 23, 14, 20SAC20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Darius SongailaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 7, 10, 4, 18, 0, 16, 21, 14CHI14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 9, 11, 14, 4, 6, 8, 15, 14CHI14 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ DAL

Dallas leads Miami wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 112–76. Best quarter: the third, 38–25. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs MIA
Dirk Nowitzki · DALShaquille O'Neal · MIAPTS2723REB48AST11Top 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
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 27

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: 26, 23, 18, 29, 21, 21, 18, 17, 26, 27DAL vs MIA · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 21, 5, 12, 25, 10, 20, 22, 23SAC vs CHI · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 15, 23, 24, 25, 21, 11, 21, 23MIA @ DAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 44, 35, 6, 42, 15, 15, 23, 14, 20SAC vs CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 25, 25, 32, 28, 24, 31, 34, 16MIA @ DAL · L
26.8 PPG season to date · −11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 16, 20, 18, 13, 15, 22, 10, 16DAL vs MIA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 1 REB · 7 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
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.6 15.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+6.3 16.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jalen RoseNYK+5.5 18.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luke RidnourSEA+4.8 16.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.5 6.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.4 8.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−4.8 6.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mark BlountMIN−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.5 3.9 last 10 · 8.4 season