FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 23, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 9 after the first quarter and won 97–87.

Final
IND83
DET88
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +5
Final
MEM87
DAL97
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +10
Final
SAC85
LAL106
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +21
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 23, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ IND), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 31, Dallas rallies past Memphis

Dallas trailed by 9 after one and won 97–87.

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 Q3Final0-9-9+5+10DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3125201187
DAL2225341697
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 17, 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31DAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 22, 10, 16, 16, 15, 19, 9, 23DAL23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 24, 17, 12, 10, 10, 6, 14, 18MEM18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 15, 15, 16, 31, 23, 24, 21, 18MEM18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · IND @ DET

Detroit leads Indiana wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 88–83. Best quarter: the first, 23–19. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over IND5DAL over MEM10LAL over SAC21Final margin, points. Pink = DET over IND.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39, 27, 36LAL vs SAC · W
34.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 17, 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31DAL vs MEM · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 17, 7, 19, 26, 21, 13, 21, 28DET vs IND · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 14, 20, 7, 13, 31, 12, 16, 25SAC @ LAL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 22, 10, 16, 16, 15, 19, 9, 23DAL vs MEM · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 10, 14, 8, 8, 17, 17, 20, 19LAL vs SAC · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.4 21.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kirk SnyderNOK+5.4 13.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mark BlountMIN−5.5 5.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.1 20.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.6 30.3 last 10 · 34.9 season